TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268021 [ 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 2025vto
Discoverer internal name: WFST250823grom
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:14:31.320 (33.6305) DEC = +05:42:55.12 (5.715311)
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:44:09.600 (JD=2460911.364)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:44:09.600
Flux: 22.57 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-13 20:35:31
Limiting flux: 21.3 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/2025vto