TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 304759 [ 2026TNSTR2217....1S ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-21 08:07:06
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 2026ngr
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxhpdm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:58:24.302 (209.6012563) DEC = -03:02:49.29 (-3.0470256)
Discovery date: 2026-05-15 04:26:52.002 (JD=2461175.6853241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-15 04:26:52.002
Flux: 19.8766 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-14 08:00:21
Limiting flux: 20.123 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/2026ngr