TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308595 [ 2026TNSTR2540....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-15 16:55:49
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 2026pib
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbdipw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:28:31.446 (247.1310248) DEC = +12:27:13.06 (12.4536265)
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 06:51:28.998 (JD=2461202.7857523)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 06:51:28.998
Flux: 20.3619 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-10 09:07:20
Limiting flux: 20.4928 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/2026pib