TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244115 [ 2025TNSTR.597....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-13 13:43:30
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 2025bfq
Discoverer internal name: WFST0470mccy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:08:36.520 (32.152167) DEC = +00:31:46.35 (0.529542)
Discovery date: 2025-01-04 13:49:26.400 (JD=2460680.076)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-04 13:49:26.400
Flux: 22.62 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-15 13:27:50
Limiting flux: 21.33 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


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