TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308781 [ 2026TNSTR2542....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-16 19:40:21
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 2026pkh
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abchrib
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:02:35.605 (15.648353550022) DEC = +30:45:18.42 (30.75511635)
Discovery date: 2026-06-15 11:17:44.998 (JD=2461206.9706597)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J010235.55+304522.5

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/ZTF26abchrib

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-15 11:17:44.998
Flux: 20.3131 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 11:20:00
Limiting flux: 20.2362 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/2026pkh