TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308113 [ 2026TNSTR2454....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 13:46:01
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 2026oyb
Discoverer internal name: WFST260318bqari
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:34:07.980 (218.53325) DEC = +03:43:00.64 (3.716844)
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 16:13:26.400 (JD=2461186.176)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-25 16:13:26.400
Flux: 21.54 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-22 17:42:43
Limiting flux: 22.71 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/2026oyb