TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 259869 [ 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 2025otz
Discoverer internal name: WFST0640keqc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:30:27.920 (217.616333) DEC = +04:27:44.21 (4.462281)
Discovery date: 2025-06-23 16:36:28.800 (JD=2460850.192)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-23 16:36:28.800
Flux: 22.5 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-22 16:37:55
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/2025otz