TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246968 [ 2025TNSTR.912....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-07 12:40:20
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 2025dpk
Discoverer internal name: WFST0521fcge
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:25:30.300 (156.37625) DEC = -02:03:02.84 (-2.050789)
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 16:35:02.400 (JD=2460726.191)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 16:35:02.400
Flux: 20.4 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Note: Photometry may not be reliable due to a potential detection in reference images.

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-19 15:41:46
Limiting flux: 22.15 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Note: Photometry may not be reliable due to a potential detection in reference images.

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