TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308232 [ 2026TNSTR2476....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-12 16:17:38
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026pag
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aaqqapy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:46:05.755 (326.5239772) DEC = -08:58:40.30 (-8.9778613)
Discovery date: 2026-06-03 09:06:16.004 (JD=2461194.8793519)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-03 09:06:16.004
Flux: 19.3089 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-01 10:59:58
Limiting flux: 19.4143 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/2026pag