TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307941 [ 2026TNSTR2431....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-10 09:47:17
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 2026ovc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abamfqk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:20:38.793 (215.1616376) DEC = +42:49:51.21 (42.8308923)
Discovery date: 2026-06-06 07:21:40.996 (JD=2461197.8067245)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-06 07:21:40.996
Flux: 20.3939 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-04 08:15:54
Limiting flux: 20.0234 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/2026ovc