TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 309967 [ 2026TNSTR2702....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-25 06:03:32
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026qbd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abdtvxw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:51:04.263 (177.7677605) DEC = +15:04:35.62 (15.0765602)
Discovery date: 2026-06-14 05:26:09.003 (JD=2461205.7264931)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-14 05:26:09.003
Flux: 19.9669 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-11 04:22:34
Limiting flux: 19.6773 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/2026qbd