TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 261358 [ 2025TNSTR2541....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-03 12:11:38
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 2025qec
Discoverer internal name: WFST0650zgq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:30:07.130 (202.529708) DEC = +00:31:48.13 (0.530036)
Discovery date: 2025-06-28 15:04:19.200 (JD=2460855.128)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-06-28 15:04:19.200
Flux: 21.9 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-06-27 15:54:43
Limiting flux: 18.9 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/2025qec