TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 266496 [ 2025TNSTR3259....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-18 10:08:32
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 2025ulk
Discoverer internal name: WFST250815iln
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:33:58.980 (218.49575) DEC = +04:56:40.18 (4.944494)
Discovery date: 2025-08-15 14:08:09.600 (JD=2460903.089)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-15 14:08:09.600
Flux: 22.06 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-12 14:18:14
Limiting flux: 21.9 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/2025ulk