TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 306824
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-02 11:35:15
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 2026obc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayznam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:07:49.425 (16.9559363) DEC = +41:59:43.38 (41.9953843)
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 11:26:58.001 (JD=2461191.9770602)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 11:26:58.001
Flux: 15.9353 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-21 11:48:10
Limiting flux: 19.1288 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/2026obc
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-02 11:35:15
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 2026obc
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aayznam
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:07:49.425 (16.9559363) DEC = +41:59:43.38 (41.9953843)
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 11:26:58.001 (JD=2461191.9770602)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-31 11:26:58.001
Flux: 15.9353 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-21 11:48:10
Limiting flux: 19.1288 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/2026obc