TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308326 [ 2026TNSTR2499....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 17:25:19
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 2026pcg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbliqs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:24:13.541 (201.0564199) DEC = -10:02:40.60 (-10.0446125)
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 04:22:49.995 (JD=2461199.6825231)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 04:22:49.995
Flux: 20.5753 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-07 07:35:03
Limiting flux: 19.8477 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/2026pcg