TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 257442 [ 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 2025mpt
Discoverer internal name: WFST0615tnyd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:26:06.260 (216.526083) DEC = +01:59:01.58 (1.983772)
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 17:42:43.200 (JD=2460820.238)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-24 17:42:43.200
Flux: 22.71 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-22 16:36:29
Limiting flux: 22.68 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/2025mpt