TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 304882 [ 2026TNSTR2233....1W ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-22 11:41:12
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Jacob Wise (LJMU), 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: AT 2026nik
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aaxutnf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:22:52.120 (170.7171647) DEC = -06:13:18.84 (-6.2219011)
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 04:48:17.997 (JD=2461182.7002083)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 04:48:17.997
Flux: 18.3538 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-20 04:06:49
Limiting flux: 20.0596 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/2026nik