TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 317285 [ 2026TNSTR3066....1N ]
Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-27 15:50:57
Date made public:
Sender: Minrui Ning
Reporting Group: DCAP Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Minrui Ning, Huixuan Lin (DCAP); Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026wht
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abkbfhh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:25:54.859 (276.4785805) DEC = +08:49:04.34 (8.8178724)
Discovery date: 2026-07-26 04:54:00.000 (JD=2461247.7041667)
Remarks: We report the discovery of a candidate dwarf nova.(DCAP313=ZTF26abkbfhh) https://dcap-minruining.github.io/DCAP/detail.html?id=ZTF26abkbfhh Image taken with 107mm, Luminance 200x3s.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-26 04:54:00.000
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026wht
Date Received (UTC): 2026-07-27 15:50:57
Date made public:
Sender: Minrui Ning
Reporting Group: DCAP Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Minrui Ning, Huixuan Lin (DCAP); Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026wht
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abkbfhh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:25:54.859 (276.4785805) DEC = +08:49:04.34 (8.8178724)
Discovery date: 2026-07-26 04:54:00.000 (JD=2461247.7041667)
Remarks: We report the discovery of a candidate dwarf nova.(DCAP313=ZTF26abkbfhh) https://dcap-minruining.github.io/DCAP/detail.html?id=ZTF26abkbfhh Image taken with 107mm, Luminance 200x3s.
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-26 04:54:00.000
Flux: 18.98 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Archival info: DSS
Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026wht