TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302595 [ 2026TNSTR1973....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-07 16:39:03
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Aleksandra Bochenek (LJMU), K-Ryan Hinds (Caltech), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech), Thomas Culino (Caltech), Joahan Castaneda Jaimes (CIT, IPAC), Michael Coughlin (UMN), Antoine Le Calloch (UMN) , Pete Bachant (Caltech) on behalf of Z+LIONS report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: TDE 2026loo
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aauvalc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:22:04.427 (155.5184457) DEC = -10:30:38.27 (-10.5106314)
Discovery date: 2026-05-02 04:09:59.999 (JD=2461162.6736111)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-02 04:09:59.999
Flux: 19.3762 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-01 05:41:05
Limiting flux: 19.1942 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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