TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 260624 [ 2025TNSTR2494....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-06-30 10:10:21
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 2025pkq
Discoverer internal name: WFST0648dwqh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:33:45.390 (218.439125) DEC = +04:41:39.27 (4.694242)
Discovery date: 2025-06-26 15:37:26.400 (JD=2460853.151)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-26 15:37:26.400
Flux: 22.53 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-25 16:32:10
Limiting flux: 23.11 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/2025pkq