TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 318498 [ 2026TNSTR3169....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-08-05 06:38:37
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jesper Sollerman (SU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Daniel Perley (LJMU), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2026xja
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26ablusmb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:49:15.847 (207.3160311) DEC = +77:46:38.21 (77.7772804)
Discovery date: 2026-08-05 04:16:15.000 (JD=2461257.6779514)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-08-05 04:16:15.000
Flux: 19.6214 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-07-11 05:45:19
Limiting flux: 20.1326 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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