TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 299836 [ 2026TNSTR1555....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-12 15:14:17
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 2026jjc
Discoverer internal name: WFST260403yyjh
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:46:02.450 (251.510208) DEC = +30:55:42.15 (30.928375)
Discovery date: 2026-04-03 19:16:19.200 (JD=2461134.303)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-03 19:16:19.200
Flux: 19.57 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/2026jjc