TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308427 [ 2026TNSTR2516....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-14 21:32:40
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 2026pei
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbrxdf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:09:58.868 (242.4952851) DEC = -12:53:13.87 (-12.8871852)
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 07:38:23.003 (JD=2461201.8183218)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-10 07:38:23.003
Flux: 20.6423 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-09 10:28:21
Limiting flux: 19.2349 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/2026pei