TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308332 [ 2026TNSTR2499....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 17:29:09
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 2026pcl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbkttb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:08:13.850 (212.0577104) DEC = -03:20:48.68 (-3.346856)
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 06:23:36.000 (JD=2461202.7663889)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 06:23:36.000
Flux: 20.7569 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-10 07:29:21
Limiting flux: 20.164 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/2026pcl