TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306684
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-01 06:07:15
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 2026nxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazbfva
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:43:56.763 (205.9865111) DEC = -27:03:09.69 (-27.0526909)
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 06:32:41.997 (JD=2461185.7727083)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 06:32:41.997
Flux: 19.5884 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-25 06:28:16
Limiting flux: 19.1593 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/2026nxt
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-01 06:07:15
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 2026nxt
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazbfva
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:43:56.763 (205.9865111) DEC = -27:03:09.69 (-27.0526909)
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 06:32:41.997 (JD=2461185.7727083)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 06:32:41.997
Flux: 19.5884 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-25 06:28:16
Limiting flux: 19.1593 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/2026nxt