TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256980 [ 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 2025mfi
Discoverer internal name: WFST0615dqx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:34:09.910 (173.541292) DEC = +00:45:28.12 (0.757811)
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 14:36:57.600 (JD=2460820.109)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 14:36:57.600
Flux: 22 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-21 14:28:19
Limiting flux: 22.28 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/2025mfi