TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 299090 [ 2026TNSTR1472....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-07 13:40:09
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: SN 2026itn
Discoverer internal name: WFST260319bveen
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:50:11.600 (222.548333) DEC = +24:19:29.76 (24.324933)
Discovery date: 2026-03-19 19:26:24.000 (JD=2461119.31)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-19 19:26:24.000
Flux: 20.84 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No available data for forced photometry.

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026itn