TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268011 [ 2025TNSTR3421....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-28 09:03:07
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 2025vte
Discoverer internal name: WFST250820mmoh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:17:15.580 (34.314917) DEC = +01:35:08.91 (1.585808)
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:17:16.800 (JD=2460908.387)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:17:16.800
Flux: 22.68 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-18 21:24:29
Limiting flux: 21.83 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/2025vte