TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268034 [ 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 2025vua
Discoverer internal name: WFST250820gkmh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 00:57:43.800 (14.4325) DEC = +00:21:10.59 (0.352942)
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 20:36:57.600 (JD=2460908.359)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 20:36:57.600
Flux: 22.85 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-13 20:47:02
Limiting flux: 20.84 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/2025vua