TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268047 [ 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 2025vum
Discoverer internal name: WFST250820nkxx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:30:17.470 (37.572792) DEC = +02:12:57.85 (2.216069)
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:23:02.400 (JD=2460908.391)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:23:02.400
Flux: 22.98 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-18 21:28:48
Limiting flux: 21.34 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/2025vum