TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268063 [ 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 2025vvb
Discoverer internal name: WFST250820jvsz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:44:41.670 (26.173625) DEC = +05:56:34.99 (5.943053)
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:01:26.400 (JD=2460908.376)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:01:26.400
Flux: 22.3 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-13 21:02:53
Limiting flux: 20.73 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/2025vvb