TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 313456 [ 2026TNSTR2833....1M ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-08 21:01:55
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

A. Munoz-Arancibia, F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, 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 2026sru
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abfssnp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 03:03:50.342 (45.9597579) DEC = +03:47:14.56 (3.7873777)
Discovery date: 2026-07-08 11:25:48.000 (JD=2461229.97625)

Potential host galaxy: [MKB2002] J030350.47+034715.6
Host redshift: 0.0473895

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/ZTF26abfssnp

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-08 11:25:48.000
Flux: 18.748 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: ZTF non-detection limits not available

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026sru