TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 318503 [ 2026TNSTR3169....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-08-05 06:41:46
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 2026xjc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abloqwb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:28:54.868 (202.2286153) DEC = +09:31:43.86 (9.5288494)
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 04:28:03.999 (JD=2461227.6861574)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-07-06 04:28:03.999
Flux: 20.3048 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-07-05 04:30:28
Limiting flux: 19.4518 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/2026xjc