TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268022 [ 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 2025vtp
Discoverer internal name: WFST250823gwjt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:12:29.490 (33.122875) DEC = +02:49:54.67 (2.831853)
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:45:36.000 (JD=2460911.365)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:45:36.000
Flux: 22.11 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-18 21:24:29
Limiting flux: 21.63 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/2025vtp