TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303435 [ 2026TNSTR2064....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-12 16:55:44
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 2026mhx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aavhtih
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:15:34.017 (213.8917375) DEC = -22:43:04.24 (-22.7178433)
Discovery date: 2026-04-23 09:02:47.002 (JD=2461153.8769329)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-23 09:02:47.002
Flux: 20.2188 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-23 07:32:17
Limiting flux: 19.6924 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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