TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244237 [ 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 2025bjs
Discoverer internal name: WFST0489tdve
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:51:51.370 (27.964042) DEC = +03:47:07.64 (3.785456)
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: 22.03 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-16 15:01:26
Limiting flux: 20.93 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025bjs