TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306624

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-31 06:08:08
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026nwm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayxjwn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:35:56.420 (203.9850834) DEC = +13:20:47.49 (13.3465251)
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 05:34:52.000 (JD=2461191.7325463)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 05:34:52.000
Flux: 19.0389 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-25 05:15:27
Limiting flux: 19.6693 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/2026nwm