TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308763 [ 2026TNSTR2553....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-16 17:14:21
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 2026pjx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abbwayl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:24:02.871 (321.0119627) DEC = -18:20:37.35 (-18.3437096)
Discovery date: 2026-06-13 10:23:35.001 (JD=2461204.933044)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-13 10:23:35.001
Flux: 19.8489 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-13 09:57:01
Limiting flux: 20.2959 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/2026pjx