TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306822

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-02 10:31:47
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 2026oba
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxmrvs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:14:45.760 (258.6906649) DEC = +23:54:15.13 (23.9042027)
Discovery date: 2026-05-16 07:21:28.995 (JD=2461176.8065856)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-16 07:21:28.995
Flux: 20.6507 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-14 09:40:24
Limiting flux: 20.7499 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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