TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308397 [ 2026TNSTR2515....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-14 15:46:37
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 2026pdm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbwuqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:56:08.209 (14.034205) DEC = +05:40:25.40 (5.6737215)
Discovery date: 2026-06-13 11:17:04.001 (JD=2461204.9701852)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-13 11:17:04.001
Flux: 20.1547 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-11 11:15:46
Limiting flux: 19.7487 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/2026pdm