TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 314616 [ 2026TNSTR2885....1F ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-12 14:29:36
Date made public:
Sender: ALeRCE
Reporting Group: ALeRCE     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

F. Forster, F.E. Bauer, G. Pignata, A. Munoz-Arancibia, 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 2026uao
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abgoyqc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:13:13.910 (273.3079595) DEC = +08:19:45.95 (8.3294302)
Discovery date: 2026-07-12 06:05:11.999 (JD=2461233.7536111)


Remarks: Early SN candidate (r-rise > 1.14+-0.16 mag/day) 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/ZTF26abgoyqc

Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-12 06:05:11.999
Flux: 19.6718 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Remarks: Data provided by ZTF

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-07-11 08:24:41
Limiting flux: 20.7014 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/2026uao