TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307038 [ 2026TNSTR2370....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-05 07:25:42
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 2026ofq
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaztmdr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:27:19.612 (216.8317176) DEC = +00:06:06.19 (0.1017181)
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 06:51:22.000 (JD=2461196.7856713)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 06:51:22.000
Flux: 20.1682 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-04 08:12:24
Limiting flux: 19.5942 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/2026ofq