TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307189

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-06 06:01:08
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 2026oit
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazejjc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:33:57.723 (8.490511) DEC = +26:14:07.15 (26.2353201)
Discovery date: 2026-06-01 11:23:18.000 (JD=2461192.9745139)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-01 11:23:18.000
Flux: 19.3849 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-23 11:41:53
Limiting flux: 19.6024 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/2026oit