TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244278 [ 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 2025blg
Discoverer internal name: WFST0497bqeq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:33:33.030 (23.387625) DEC = +04:48:45.42 (4.812617)
Discovery date: 2025-01-26 12:40:19.200 (JD=2460702.028)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-26 12:40:19.200
Flux: 21.71 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-23 14:35:31
Limiting flux: 22.77 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/2025blg