TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 278016 [ 2025TNSTR4688....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-11-23 12:53:43
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 2025aepk
Discoverer internal name: WFST251116alcq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:02:43.080 (345.6795) DEC = +00:08:03.00 (0.134167)
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 12:23:02.400 (JD=2460996.016)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 12:23:02.400
Flux: 22.18 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-11-15 16:39:22
Limiting flux: 21.82 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/2025aepk