TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 305028 [ 2026TNSTR2239....1F ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-23 16:08:30
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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: AT 2026nlr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayafam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:20:32.725 (185.13635384999) DEC = +19:21:21.55 (19.35598735)
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 05:49:36.002 (JD=2461182.7427778)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J122032.64+192126.5
Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF26aayafam
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 05:49:36.002
Flux: 20.3755 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-22 04:10:01
Limiting flux: 20.3092 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/2026nlr
Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-23 16:08:30
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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: AT 2026nlr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayafam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:20:32.725 (185.13635384999) DEC = +19:21:21.55 (19.35598735)
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 05:49:36.002 (JD=2461182.7427778)
Potential host galaxy: SDSS J122032.64+192126.5
Remarks: SN candidate 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/ZTF26aayafam
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 05:49:36.002
Flux: 20.3755 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-22 04:10:01
Limiting flux: 20.3092 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/2026nlr