TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301926 [ 2026TNSTR1882....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-29 06:30:58
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 2026lai
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aatzobp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:17:34.176 (154.3923998) DEC = +08:13:05.08 (8.2180783)
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 03:55:34.003 (JD=2461154.663588)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 03:55:34.003
Flux: 19.924 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-23 07:13:39
Limiting flux: 19.5388 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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