TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303825 [ 2026TNSTR2117....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-15 05:48:37
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026mqt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aawrzyk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 07:33:22.784 (113.3449354) DEC = +21:00:44.79 (21.0124407)
Discovery date: 2026-05-12 03:57:00.999 (JD=2461172.6645949)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-12 03:57:00.999
Flux: 20.0901 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-11 03:56:48
Limiting flux: 19.9539 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/2026mqt