TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308238 [ 2026TNSTR2465....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-12 16:36:09
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026pai
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbkfiw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:50:53.005 (327.72085500341) DEC = -01:05:39.13 (-1.0942028303893)
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 10:22:23.998 (JD=2461199.9322222)

Potential host galaxy: DESI J327.7209-01.0941
Host redshift: 0.18070124

Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26abbkfiw

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 10:22:23.998
Flux: 20.366 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-08 09:50:39
Limiting flux: 19.7723 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

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