TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 304190 [ 2026TNSTR2145....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-17 17:07:06
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 2026mxi
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aawvsjv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:26:54.440 (231.7268319) DEC = -08:30:53.42 (-8.5148391)
Discovery date: 2026-05-11 07:26:01.000 (JD=2461171.8097338)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-11 07:26:01.000
Flux: 20.7559 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-11 06:28:31
Limiting flux: 19.7563 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/2026mxi