TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303534 [ 2026TNSTR2088....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-13 12:56:58
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 2026mjl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aahjfxk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:11:00.078 (167.7503263) DEC = +01:07:36.33 (1.1267577)
Discovery date: 2026-05-07 04:59:10.999 (JD=2461167.7077662)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-07 04:59:10.999
Flux: 20.3633 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-07 04:11:03
Limiting flux: 19.51 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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