TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308151 [ 2026TNSTR2457....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 16:48:45
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 2026oyt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbcils
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:04:50.417 (241.2100716) DEC = -03:55:13.04 (-3.9202876)
Discovery date: 2026-06-06 06:36:10.998 (JD=2461197.7751273)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-06 06:36:10.998
Flux: 20.2063 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-05 08:37:51
Limiting flux: 19.7161 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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