TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303439 [ 2026TNSTR2064....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-12 17:46:04
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 2026mia
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aavuyvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:09:40.707 (242.4196109) DEC = -21:30:40.88 (-21.5113556)
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 11:03:08.003 (JD=2461145.9605093)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 11:03:08.003
Flux: 20.4494 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-14 09:38:52
Limiting flux: 19.6861 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/2026mia