TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268605 [ 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 2025wit
Discoverer internal name: WFST250828haoz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:26:02.910 (21.512125) DEC = +04:57:29.71 (4.958253)
Discovery date: 2025-08-28 21:02:52.800 (JD=2460916.377)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-28 21:02:52.800
Flux: 22.43 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-27 20:11:02
Limiting flux: 22.99 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/2025wit