TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 259866 [ 2025TNSTR2381....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-24 07:29:35
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 2025otx
Discoverer internal name: WFST0636badv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:06:58.310 (196.742958) DEC = +05:31:47.05 (5.529736)
Discovery date: 2025-06-21 15:04:19.200 (JD=2460848.128)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-21 15:04:19.200
Flux: 22.41 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-19 16:33:36
Limiting flux: 22.77 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/2025otx