TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 300801 [ 2026TNSTR1724....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-20 18:42:01
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026kei
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aatnnrv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:54:16.335 (238.56806162837) DEC = +14:30:14.62 (14.504061971185)
Discovery date: 2026-04-14 09:47:42.000 (JD=2461144.908125)
Potential host galaxy: DESI J238.5680+14.5044
Host redshift: 0.14216588
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aatnnrv
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-14 09:47:42.000
Flux: 20.5481 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-10 11:43:43
Limiting flux: 20.2025 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026kei
Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-20 18:42:01
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026kei
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aatnnrv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:54:16.335 (238.56806162837) DEC = +14:30:14.62 (14.504061971185)
Discovery date: 2026-04-14 09:47:42.000 (JD=2461144.908125)
Potential host galaxy: DESI J238.5680+14.5044
Host redshift: 0.14216588
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aatnnrv
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-14 09:47:42.000
Flux: 20.5481 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-10 11:43:43
Limiting flux: 20.2025 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026kei