TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308323 [ 2026TNSTR2499....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 17:22:35
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 2026pce
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbluiq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:56:59.950 (254.249793) DEC = +03:40:34.12 (3.6761443)
Discovery date: 2026-06-09 08:44:24.996 (JD=2461200.8641782)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-09 08:44:24.996
Flux: 20.9338 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-09 08:05:32
Limiting flux: 20.4867 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/2026pce