TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268140 [ 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 2025vxw
Discoverer internal name: WFST250823cxwy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:31:02.570 (22.760708) DEC = +01:16:45.73 (1.279369)
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:22:33.600 (JD=2460911.349)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:22:33.600
Flux: 21.64 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-20 20:55:41
Limiting flux: 23.39 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/2025vxw