TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308593 [ 2026TNSTR2540....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-15 16:53:48
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 2026phz
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbwgbo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:09:48.173 (302.4507209) DEC = +02:16:25.39 (2.2737206)
Discovery date: 2026-06-13 09:08:45.000 (JD=2461204.8810764)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-13 09:08:45.000
Flux: 20.8294 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-11 10:58:22
Limiting flux: 20.8992 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/2026phz