TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 318502 [ 2026TNSTR3169....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-08-05 06:41:19
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 2026xjb
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26ablorbf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:36:17.674 (204.0736403) DEC = +04:09:26.91 (4.1574738)
Discovery date: 2026-08-04 04:01:17.996 (JD=2461256.6675694)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-08-04 04:01:17.996
Flux: 19.3368 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-07-28 04:07:25
Limiting flux: 19.5251 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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