TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244236 [ 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 2025bjr
Discoverer internal name: WFST0489tdvm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:51:58.520 (27.993833) DEC = +03:47:34.81 (3.793003)
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 15:17:16.800 (JD=2460694.137)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-18 15:17:16.800
Flux: 21.44 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-18 14:41:17
Limiting flux: 22.93 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/2025bjr