TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306896 [ 2026TNSTR2356....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-03 06:06:57
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 2026ocu
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayaian
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:19:31.126 (169.8796927) DEC = +27:11:49.00 (27.1969455)
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 04:14:47.996 (JD=2461154.6769444)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 04:14:47.996
Flux: 20.171 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-24 04:13:26
Limiting flux: 19.9754 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/2026ocu