TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 274418 [ 2025TNSTR4257....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-10-23 11:45:30
Date made public:
Sender: WFST_SN
Reporting Group: WFST     Discovery Data Source: WFST

Zelin Xu, Dezheng Meng, Ji-an Jiang, Weiyu Wu, Zhengyan Liu, Junhan Zhao, Ziqing Jia (USTC) on behalf of the WFST collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2025abic
Discoverer internal name: WFST251012aknzv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:09:54.400 (32.476667) DEC = +01:50:14.14 (1.837261)
Discovery date: 2025-10-12 18:15:50.400 (JD=2460961.261)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-10-12 18:15:50.400
Flux: 22.4 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-10-12 17:15:22
Limiting flux: 22.36 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025abic