TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244307 [ 2025TNSTR.597....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-13 13:51:45
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 2025bmj
Discoverer internal name: WFST0500oryx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:31:39.400 (37.914167) DEC = +02:26:10.62 (2.436283)
Discovery date: 2025-01-29 14:48:28.800 (JD=2460705.117)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-29 14:48:28.800
Flux: 22.36 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-25 13:12:00
Limiting flux: 22.56 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/2025bmj