TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306823
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-02 10:31:51
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 2026obb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayyooa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:29:38.109 (247.4087861) DEC = +30:29:24.19 (30.4900519)
Discovery date: 2026-05-19 09:03:07.997 (JD=2461179.8771759)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-19 09:03:07.997
Flux: 20.85 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-19 08:38:24
Limiting flux: 20.3814 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/2026obb
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-02 10:31:51
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 2026obb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayyooa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:29:38.109 (247.4087861) DEC = +30:29:24.19 (30.4900519)
Discovery date: 2026-05-19 09:03:07.997 (JD=2461179.8771759)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-19 09:03:07.997
Flux: 20.85 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-19 08:38:24
Limiting flux: 20.3814 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/2026obb