TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 262603 [ 2025TNSTR2711....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-15 08:33:50
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 2025rdx
Discoverer internal name: WFST250704atb
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:39:16.910 (204.820458) DEC = +01:54:34.96 (1.909711)
Discovery date: 2025-07-04 14:54:14.400 (JD=2460861.121)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-07-04 14:54:14.400
Flux: 20.76 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-07-02 15:10:05
Limiting flux: 21.35 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025rdx