TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 304192 [ 2026TNSTR2145....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-17 17:20:15
Date made public:
Sender: ZTF_LIONS
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Yogesh Wagh (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: SN 2026mxk
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aawzwus
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:40:56.723 (205.2363438) DEC = +08:19:09.46 (8.3192945)
Discovery date: 2026-05-12 08:11:44.001 (JD=2461172.8414815)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-12 08:11:44.001
Flux: 20.9228 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-12 06:40:22
Limiting flux: 19.9185 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/2026mxk