TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308328 [ 2026TNSTR2499....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 17:27:05
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 2026pch
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abblhrl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:28:23.316 (202.097151) DEC = -02:47:12.11 (-2.7866984)
Discovery date: 2026-06-07 07:35:42.999 (JD=2461198.8164699)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-07 07:35:42.999
Flux: 20.2586 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-05 07:05:51
Limiting flux: 20.0624 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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