TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308394 [ 2026TNSTR2515....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-14 15:41:47
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026pdk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbwrtb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:08:13.226 (17.0551083) DEC = +10:18:04.09 (10.3011362)
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 11:22:09.001 (JD=2461196.9737153)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-05 11:22:09.001
Flux: 19.6988 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-03 11:42:44
Limiting flux: 19.0409 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/2026pdk