TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244122 [ 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 2025bft
Discoverer internal name: WFST0470pmad
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:23:02.620 (35.760917) DEC = +06:49:24.63 (6.823508)
Discovery date: 2025-01-01 13:01:55.200 (JD=2460677.043)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-01 13:01:55.200
Flux: 22.44 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-15 13:42:14
Limiting flux: 21.44 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/2025bft