TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308612 [ 2026TNSTR2522....1M ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-15 20:27:10
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026pik
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abcbcyv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:11:49.994 (302.9583098) DEC = -16:13:38.58 (-16.2273835)
Discovery date: 2026-06-15 09:57:45.003 (JD=2461206.9151042)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J201150.11-161338.2
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26abcbcyv
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-15 09:57:45.003
Flux: 20.1159 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-14 11:44:30
Limiting flux: 18.9464 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026pik
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-15 20:27:10
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE Discovery Data Source: ZTF
A. Munoz-Arancibia, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, F. Forster, S. Jurado, A. Mourao, A. Alvarez, F. Andrades, A. Bayo, G. Cabrera-Vives, M. Catelan, P.A. Estevez, S. Eyheramendy, B. Galindo, L. Hernandez-Garcia, H. Larranaga, K. Medina, D. Moreno-Cartagena, E. Munoz, I. Reyes, P. Sanchez-Saez, D. Rodriguez-Mancini, on behalf of the ALeRCE broker report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026pik
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abcbcyv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:11:49.994 (302.9583098) DEC = -16:13:38.58 (-16.2273835)
Discovery date: 2026-06-15 09:57:45.003 (JD=2461206.9151042)
Potential host galaxy: WISEA J201150.11-161338.2
Remarks: SN candidate classified using ALeRCE's stamp classifier (Carrasco-Davis et al. 2021) and the public ZTF stream. Discovery image and light curve in http://alerce.online/object/ZTF26abcbcyv
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-15 09:57:45.003
Flux: 20.1159 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-14 11:44:30
Limiting flux: 18.9464 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Remarks: Data provided by ZTF
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026pik