TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306904 [ 2026TNSTR2356....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-03 07:16:33
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 2026ocy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxuriy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:21:16.494 (185.3187255) DEC = +13:08:56.36 (13.1489876)
Discovery date: 2026-05-21 04:08:42.999 (JD=2461181.6727199)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-21 04:08:42.999
Flux: 20.3644 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-20 08:08:10
Limiting flux: 19.7549 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/2026ocy