TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302798 [ 2026TNSTR2015....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-09 16:30:08
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 2026ltg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aavbyhm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:51:21.605 (222.8400212) DEC = +14:36:58.57 (14.6162695)
Discovery date: 2026-04-23 09:33:35.003 (JD=2461153.8983218)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-23 09:33:35.003
Flux: 20.3821 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-23 08:51:05
Limiting flux: 20.0088 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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