TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268418 [ 2025TNSTR3441....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-29 11:25:05
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 2025wex
Discoverer internal name: WFST250820nqeo
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:24:60.000 (36.25) DEC = +04:39:55.57 (4.665436)
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:24:28.800 (JD=2460908.392)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-20 21:24:28.800
Flux: 22.49 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-18 21:31:41
Limiting flux: 22.05 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/2025wex