TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268608 [ 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 2025wiw
Discoverer internal name: WFST250828lmir
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:31:25.810 (37.857542) DEC = +02:09:12.28 (2.153411)
Discovery date: 2025-08-28 21:36:00.000 (JD=2460916.4)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-28 21:36:00.000
Flux: 23.03 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-27 21:37:26
Limiting flux: 23.25 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/2025wiw