TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308425 [ 2026TNSTR2516....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-14 21:18:41
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 2026peg
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbnhyq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:43:40.117 (340.9171528) DEC = +05:34:17.80 (5.5716101)
Discovery date: 2026-06-12 10:21:08.000 (JD=2461203.9313426)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-12 10:21:08.000
Flux: 20.6123 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-11 11:08:02
Limiting flux: 20.8909 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/2026peg