TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307400 [ 2026TNSTR2384....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-08 00:30:23
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2026omr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abafxlk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:17:56.212 (244.48421732116) DEC = +14:24:12.43 (14.403451496251)
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 06:59:29.996 (JD=2461196.7913194)

Potential host galaxy: DESI J244.4837+14.4026
Host redshift: 0.0791963978

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26abafxlk

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 06:59:29.996
Flux: 20.4244 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-04 08:28:02
Limiting flux: 19.9623 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026omr