TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 318504 [ 2026TNSTR3169....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-08-05 06:41:58
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 2026xjd
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26abloqlr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:06:36.752 (196.6531346) DEC = +07:20:13.09 (7.3369684)
Discovery date: 2026-08-04 03:56:27.000 (JD=2461256.6642014)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-08-04 03:56:27.000
Flux: 19.4637 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-08-03 04:03:38
Limiting flux: 19.4232 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/2026xjd