TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302890 [ 2026TNSTR2020....1N ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-10 08:24:57
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 2026lvk
Discoverer internal name: DCAP57
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:27:36.439 (276.9018289) DEC = +07:24:10.19 (7.4028294)
Discovery date: 2026-05-08 09:18:41.000 (JD=2461168.8879745)


Remarks: We report the discovery of a candidate dwarf nova.(DCAP pipeline DCAP57=ZTF26aaveiqd)

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-08 09:18:41.000
Flux: 17.05 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/2026lvk