TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308322 [ 2026TNSTR2499....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 17:16:58
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 2026pcd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbgpjm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:45:21.352 (326.3389661) DEC = -12:52:47.73 (-12.879925)
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 10:19:13.995 (JD=2461201.9300231)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 10:19:13.995
Flux: 20.4292 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-10 10:17:53
Limiting flux: 20.1017 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/2026pcd