TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244215 [ 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 2025biy
Discoverer internal name: WFST0489cmoy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:28:28.740 (22.11975) DEC = -00:37:12.85 (-0.620236)
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 14:18:14.400 (JD=2460694.096)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 14:18:14.400
Flux: 22.38 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-14 13:32:10
Limiting flux: 21.72 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/2025biy