TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268041 [ 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 2025vug
Discoverer internal name: WFST250820lqkx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:09:49.940 (32.458083) DEC = +00:27:33.60 (0.459333)
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:10:04.800 (JD=2460908.382)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:10:04.800
Flux: 22.26 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-14 19:55:12
Limiting flux: 21.44 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/2025vug