TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308421 [ 2026TNSTR2516....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-14 21:13:19
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 2026ped
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbuxkq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:31:13.883 (322.8078471) DEC = +04:04:18.31 (4.0717533)
Discovery date: 2026-06-14 09:50:57.998 (JD=2461205.9103935)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-14 09:50:57.998
Flux: 14.1027 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-13 10:55:41
Limiting flux: 20.8176 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/2026ped