TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308764 [ 2026TNSTR2553....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-16 17:17:11
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 2026pjy
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abccule
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:36:43.412 (204.1808828) DEC = -05:59:57.60 (-5.9993328)
Discovery date: 2026-06-14 06:15:51.998 (JD=2461205.7610185)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-14 06:15:51.998
Flux: 20.3858 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-14 04:29:34
Limiting flux: 19.8294 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026pjy