TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244261 [ 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 2025bkq
Discoverer internal name: WFST0493sagl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:27:00.570 (36.752375) DEC = +04:53:28.81 (4.891336)
Discovery date: 2025-01-23 15:11:31.200 (JD=2460699.133)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-23 15:11:31.200
Flux: 22.15 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-20 15:36:00
Limiting flux: 20.67 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/2025bkq