TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247083 [ 2025TNSTR.912....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-07 12:44:03
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 2025dto
Discoverer internal name: WFST0525kfrk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:19:27.040 (154.862667) DEC = +03:05:00.54 (3.083483)
Discovery date: 2025-02-23 18:28:48.000 (JD=2460730.27)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-23 18:28:48.000
Flux: 22.8 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-19 16:29:17
Limiting flux: 23.14 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/2025dto