TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244217 [ 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 2025bja
Discoverer internal name: WFST0489dynp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:51:10.760 (27.794833) DEC = +00:17:49.97 (0.297214)
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 12:44:38.400 (JD=2460694.031)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 12:44:38.400
Flux: 22.7 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-14 13:53:46
Limiting flux: 21.56 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/2025bja