TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307184
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-06 00:28:29
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026oip
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaxzgvf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:23:01.137 (185.7547367) DEC = +02:27:10.65 (2.4529593)
Discovery date: 2026-05-13 06:52:44.996 (JD=2461173.7866319)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-13 06:52:44.996
Flux: 20.7026 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-13 05:52:09
Limiting flux: 20.3014 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/2026oip
Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-06 00:28:29
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF Discovery Data Source: ZTF
Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.
IAU Designation: AT 2026oip
Discoverer internal name: ZTF18aaxzgvf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:23:01.137 (185.7547367) DEC = +02:27:10.65 (2.4529593)
Discovery date: 2026-05-13 06:52:44.996 (JD=2461173.7866319)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-13 06:52:44.996
Flux: 20.7026 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-13 05:52:09
Limiting flux: 20.3014 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/2026oip