TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302807 [ 2026TNSTR2012....1B ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-09 17:25:46
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: AT 2026ltl
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aauzkur
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:38:12.946 (174.5539418) DEC = -14:02:04.33 (-14.0345364)
Discovery date: 2026-05-08 04:27:23.996 (JD=2461168.6856944)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-08 04:27:23.996
Flux: 19.9179 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-07 04:33:59
Limiting flux: 19.6675 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


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