TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 268740 [ 2025TNSTR3479....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-08-31 10:17:27
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 2025wlj
Discoverer internal name: WFST250823cvxu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:37:23.910 (24.349625) DEC = +05:18:29.83 (5.308286)
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:21:07.200 (JD=2460911.348)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-23 20:21:07.200
Flux: 22.49 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-13 20:57:07
Limiting flux: 20.34 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/2025wlj