TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 304188 [ 2026TNSTR2145....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-17 17:06:04
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: SN 2026mxg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aawzpcp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:23:56.688 (185.9861988) DEC = +21:12:04.15 (21.2011517)
Discovery date: 2026-05-15 06:16:29.997 (JD=2461175.7614583)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-15 06:16:29.997
Flux: 20.5476 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-15 04:22:06
Limiting flux: 20.3034 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/2026mxg