TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 262907 [ 2025TNSTR2758....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-07-18 14:19:46
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 2025rkf
Discoverer internal name: WFST250708tgs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:34:43.890 (218.682875) DEC = +01:28:27.12 (1.4742)
Discovery date: 2025-07-08 15:02:52.800 (JD=2460865.127)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-07-08 15:02:52.800
Flux: 21.03 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-07-07 15:12:58
Limiting flux: 20.97 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/2025rkf