TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244222 [ 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 2025bjf
Discoverer internal name: WFST0489egnz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:07:56.750 (31.986458) DEC = -00:40:14.83 (-0.670786)
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 12:46:04.800 (JD=2460694.032)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 12:46:04.800
Flux: 22.24 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-14 13:55:12
Limiting flux: 21.76 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/2025bjf