TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303429 [ 2026TNSTR2064....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-12 16:51:53
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Yogesh Wagh (LJMU), K-Ryan Hinds (Caltech), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech), Thomas Culino (Caltech), Joahan Castaneda Jaimes (CIT, IPAC), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Antoine Le Calloch (UMN) , Pete Bachant (Caltech) on behalf of Z+LIONS report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026mht
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aavuyex
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:20:23.379 (305.0974121) DEC = +07:46:49.08 (7.7802996)
Discovery date: 2026-04-30 11:19:38.000 (JD=2461160.9719676)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-30 11:19:38.000
Flux: 19.6721 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-30 10:07:57
Limiting flux: 19.0972 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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