TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301997 [ 2026TNSTR1871....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-29 15:00:04
Date made public:
Sender: Minrui Ning
Reporting Group: DCAP     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Minrui Ning, Huixuan Lin, on behalf of DCAP report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026lcd
Discoverer internal name: DCAP31
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:45:24.990 (266.354123) DEC = -03:15:32.67 (-3.259075)
Discovery date: 2026-04-29 10:03:12.000 (JD=2461159.9188889)


Remarks: We report the discovery of a candidate dwarf nova.(DCAP pipeline DCAP31=ZTF19aarylmo)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-29 10:03:12.000
Flux: 18.315 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS

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