TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 300788 [ 2026TNSTR1737....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-20 16:18:26
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026keb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aatqnnb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:09:00.611 (317.2525479) DEC = -08:40:52.26 (-8.6811839)
Discovery date: 2026-04-08 12:16:03.999 (JD=2461139.0111574)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-08 12:16:03.999
Flux: 19.4242 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-07 12:15:40
Limiting flux: 19.0381 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026keb