TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268602 [ 2025TNSTR3458....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-30 09:49:17
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 2025wiq
Discoverer internal name: WFST250827gxsk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:22:28.070 (35.616958) DEC = +03:07:42.43 (3.128453)
Discovery date: 2025-08-27 20:44:09.600 (JD=2460915.364)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-27 20:44:09.600
Flux: 22.36 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-23 20:51:22
Limiting flux: 23.15 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025wiq