TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 313460 [ 2026TNSTR2841....1H ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-08 21:55:58
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 2026srx
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abfsjtj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:59:26.661 (359.8610895) DEC = -08:45:47.98 (-8.7633281)
Discovery date: 2026-07-08 09:13:46.001 (JD=2461229.8845602)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-08 09:13:46.001
Flux: 19.725 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-07-01 10:38:17
Limiting flux: 19.0874 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/2026srx