TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307664 [ 2026TNSTR2399....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-08 17:57:30
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

K-Ryan Hinds (Caltech), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech), Thomas Culino (Caltech), Joahan Castaneda Jaimes (CIT, IPAC), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Antoine Le Calloch (UMN) , Pete Bachant (Caltech) on behalf of Z+LIONS report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026orb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aauebsx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:59:27.983 (329.8665969) DEC = -02:50:37.29 (-2.8436929)
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 11:50:35.998 (JD=2461154.9934722)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 11:50:35.998
Flux: 19.7457 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-21 11:57:17
Limiting flux: 19.6086 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/2026orb