TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 257429 [ 2025TNSTR2051....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-31 13:02:21
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 2025mpg
Discoverer internal name: WFST0606gmtt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:01:35.170 (195.396542) DEC = +00:52:13.39 (0.870386)
Discovery date: 2025-05-15 16:48:00.000 (JD=2460811.2)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-15 16:48:00.000
Flux: 21.12 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-14 16:35:02
Limiting flux: 21.26 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025mpg