TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308294 [ 2026TNSTR2498....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 10:31:30
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), 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 2026pbl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazxion
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:18:46.937 (199.6955729) DEC = +08:51:24.99 (8.8569427)
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 06:39:56.001 (JD=2461196.7777315)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 06:39:56.001
Flux: 20.5638 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-04 07:50:55
Limiting flux: 19.9822 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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