TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308333 [ 2026TNSTR2499....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 17:29:52
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 2026pcm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbkscf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:35:18.409 (218.8267052) DEC = -14:17:34.89 (-14.2930251)
Discovery date: 2026-06-09 06:13:09.998 (JD=2461200.7591435)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-09 06:13:09.998
Flux: 20.2524 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-08 07:08:04
Limiting flux: 20.1386 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/2026pcm