TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307539 [ 2026TNSTR2400....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-08 11:17:50
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Yogesh Wagh (LJMU), 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 2026oog
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abackdh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:47:32.739 (281.8864123) DEC = +18:15:14.70 (18.2540843)
Discovery date: 2026-06-01 08:19:25.999 (JD=2461192.8468287)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-01 08:19:25.999
Flux: 20.0219 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-20 10:28:58
Limiting flux: 21.1876 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/2026oog