TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303950 [ 2026TNSTR2133....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-16 11:21:48
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 2026mtr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aawbgzq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:35:15.986 (203.8166088) DEC = -02:06:53.23 (-2.1147848)
Discovery date: 2026-05-07 05:34:06.000 (JD=2461167.7320139)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-07 05:34:06.000
Flux: 20.6873 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-02 06:54:06
Limiting flux: 19.3808 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/2026mtr