TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 304712 [ 2026TNSTR2186....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-20 18:07:34
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026nfu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxninc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:55:15.987 (298.8166113) DEC = -12:13:04.06 (-12.217795)
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:36:17.997 (JD=2461180.9002083)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J195515.90-121302.7
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.13+-0.03 mag/day) classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aaxninc
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:36:17.997
Flux: 19.764 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-16 10:57:36
Limiting flux: 19.9767 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026nfu
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-20 18:07:34
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: SN 2026nfu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxninc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 19:55:15.987 (298.8166113) DEC = -12:13:04.06 (-12.217795)
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:36:17.997 (JD=2461180.9002083)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J195515.90-121302.7
Remarks: Early SN candidate (g-rise > 0.13+-0.03 mag/day) classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26aaxninc
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-20 09:36:17.997
Flux: 19.764 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-16 10:57:36
Limiting flux: 19.9767 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026nfu