TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244205 [ 2025TNSTR.597....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-13 13:46:38
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 2025bio
Discoverer internal name: WFST0489dygd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:53:33.690 (28.390375) DEC = -01:12:26.71 (-1.207419)
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 14:44:09.600 (JD=2460694.114)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 14:44:09.600
Flux: 22.34 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-14 13:53:46
Limiting flux: 21.43 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/2025bio