TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 313444 [ 2026TNSTR2841....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-08 16:48:43
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 2026srn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abfqmen
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 20:52:43.517 (313.1813215) DEC = -06:40:44.86 (-6.6791279)
Discovery date: 2026-07-07 09:33:54.002 (JD=2461228.8985417)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-07 09:33:54.002
Flux: 20.1912 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-07-07 08:25:40
Limiting flux: 19.6529 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/2026srn