TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303438 [ 2026TNSTR2064....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-12 17:35:17
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 2026mhz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aafshen
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:43:27.294 (160.8637263) DEC = +20:46:08.47 (20.7690194)
Discovery date: 2026-02-07 09:06:07.001 (JD=2461078.8792477)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-07 09:06:07.001
Flux: 20.217 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-05 11:00:06
Limiting flux: 19.5387 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/2026mhz