TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303314 [ 2026TNSTR2039....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-11 18:11:16
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 2026mft
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaweegw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:29:58.778 (322.4949099) DEC = +00:05:56.39 (0.0989976)
Discovery date: 2026-05-11 11:23:00.997 (JD=2461171.9743171)
Potential host galaxy: DESI J322.4947+00.991
Host redshift: 0.135402707
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/ZTF26aaweegw
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-11 11:23:00.997
Flux: 19.8386 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-11 10:49:15
Limiting flux: 20.0199 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2026mft
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-11 18:11:16
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 2026mft
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaweegw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:29:58.778 (322.4949099) DEC = +00:05:56.39 (0.0989976)
Discovery date: 2026-05-11 11:23:00.997 (JD=2461171.9743171)
Potential host galaxy: DESI J322.4947+00.991
Host redshift: 0.135402707
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/ZTF26aaweegw
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-11 11:23:00.997
Flux: 19.8386 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-11 10:49:15
Limiting flux: 20.0199 ABMag
Filter: r-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/2026mft