TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303431 [ 2026TNSTR2064....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-12 16:52:41
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 2026mhu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aauwlgp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:22:09.706 (170.5404418) DEC = +12:47:13.66 (12.7871275)
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 07:07:02.999 (JD=2461154.7965625)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 07:07:02.999
Flux: 20.3449 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-24 04:12:05
Limiting flux: 19.9906 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/2026mhu