TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256970 [ 2025TNSTR1985....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-27 13:14:53
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 2025mez
Discoverer internal name: WFST0612icbz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:27:43.870 (216.932792) DEC = -00:37:59.96 (-0.633322)
Discovery date: 2025-05-21 16:33:36.000 (JD=2460817.19)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-21 16:33:36.000
Flux: 22.54 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-17 17:31:12
Limiting flux: 22.42 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/2025mez