TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306710

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-01 10:24:05
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Yogesh Wagh (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 2026nyn
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazdlqy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:32:53.230 (233.2217908) DEC = -04:57:03.59 (-4.9509985)
Discovery date: 2026-05-23 06:54:28.002 (JD=2461183.7878241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-23 06:54:28.002
Flux: 20.84 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-22 08:35:57
Limiting flux: 20.4496 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2026nyn