TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268053 [ 2025TNSTR3421....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-28 09:04:18
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 2025vus
Discoverer internal name: WFST250818ckfo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:18:29.650 (34.623542) DEC = -00:13:46.74 (-0.22965)
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 21:25:55.200 (JD=2460906.393)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-18 21:25:55.200
Flux: 21.88 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-14 19:56:38
Limiting flux: 21.47 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/2025vus