TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303636 [ 2026TNSTR2103....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-14 09:36:20
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: SN 2026mlm
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aavqwvz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:34:36.493 (203.6520535) DEC = -16:20:11.82 (-16.3366162)
Discovery date: 2026-05-08 07:03:08.000 (JD=2461168.7938426)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-08 07:03:08.000
Flux: 19.971 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-07 09:10:34
Limiting flux: 19.0146 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/2026mlm