TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 312777 [ 2026TNSTR2817....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-06 13:15:33
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 2026rwf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abfgkrh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 21:28:45.842 (322.1910086) DEC = -17:21:13.25 (-17.3536818)
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 10:20:06.000 (JD=2461227.930625)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 10:20:06.000
Flux: 19.5716 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-07-06 09:54:47
Limiting flux: 19.7896 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/2026rwf