TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308423 [ 2026TNSTR2516....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-14 21:16:07
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 2026pef
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abasrob
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:14:30.120 (303.6255006) DEC = +05:05:52.07 (5.0977975)
Discovery date: 2026-06-07 09:14:46.999 (JD=2461198.8852662)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-07 09:14:46.999
Flux: 20.439 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-06 11:02:42
Limiting flux: 20.2033 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/2026pef