TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308119

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 2026oyg
Discoverer internal name: WFST260507aozic
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 15:07:33.090 (226.887875) DEC = +20:01:11.55 (20.019875)
Discovery date: 2026-05-07 19:46:33.600 (JD=2461168.324)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-07 19:46:33.600
Flux: 21.15 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-05 21:11:31
Limiting flux: 20.75 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/2026oyg