TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256981 [ 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 2025mfj
Discoverer internal name: WFST0615hgg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:31:11.180 (172.796583) DEC = -00:10:41.99 (-0.178331)
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 14:39:50.400 (JD=2460820.111)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 14:39:50.400
Flux: 22.64 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-21 14:29:46
Limiting flux: 22.1 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/2025mfj