TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307269 [ 2026TNSTR2382....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-07 10:11:27
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 2026okn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abahbtp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:17:53.321 (304.4721702) DEC = -14:42:21.67 (-14.706019)
Discovery date: 2026-05-26 10:27:23.996 (JD=2461186.9356944)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-26 10:27:23.996
Flux: 20.4781 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-25 11:49:35
Limiting flux: 19.3946 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/2026okn