TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306719

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-01 12:51:22
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: SN 2026nyu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayzlih
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:32:21.616 (353.0900679) DEC = +09:33:42.52 (9.5618116)
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 11:20:29.996 (JD=2461185.9725694)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 11:20:29.996
Flux: 20.3798 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-24 11:22:31
Limiting flux: 20.1193 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026nyu