TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268013 [ 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 2025vtg
Discoverer internal name: WFST250820nbvi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:31:18.380 (37.826583) DEC = -00:10:46.83 (-0.179675)
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:21:36.000 (JD=2460908.39)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:21:36.000
Flux: 22.63 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-18 21:27:22
Limiting flux: 21.7 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/2025vtg