TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 253817 [ 2025TNSTR1645....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-03 09:48:06
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 2025jnk
Discoverer internal name: WFST0589mmfu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:05:05.390 (196.272458) DEC = -00:21:27.10 (-0.357528)
Discovery date: 2025-04-28 16:49:26.400 (JD=2460794.201)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-28 16:49:26.400
Flux: 22.65 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-24 16:40:48
Limiting flux: 20.73 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/2025jnk