TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307198

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-06 07:59:34
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: AT 2026oja
Discoverer internal name: ZTF26aazycnd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:43:59.784 (205.9990984) DEC = -16:13:10.51 (-16.2195848)
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 06:27:35.000 (JD=2461185.7691551)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 06:27:35.000
Flux: 19.9883 ABMag
Filter: i-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-25 04:54:03
Limiting flux: 19.7638 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/2026oja