TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 277880 [ 2025TNSTR4672....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-11-21 13:51:46
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 2025aelf
Discoverer internal name: WFST251111zarj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:48:29.280 (342.122) DEC = +04:53:23.35 (4.889819)
Discovery date: 2025-11-11 16:17:45.600 (JD=2460991.179)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-11 16:17:45.600
Flux: 22.41 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-11-09 16:17:46
Limiting flux: 22.72 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/2025aelf