TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 311520 [ 2026TNSTR2755....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-01 18:19:57
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: SN 2026reb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abenjab
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:09:57.566 (2.4898581) DEC = +00:05:59.88 (0.0999675)
Discovery date: 2026-07-01 10:40:19.004 (JD=2461222.9446644)

Potential host galaxy: SDSS J000957.55+000602.0
Host redshift: 0.05488

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/ZTF26abenjab

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-01 10:40:19.004
Flux: 18.7482 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-23 11:03:51
Limiting flux: 20.1317 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/2026reb