TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 286662 [ 2026TNSTR.126....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-12 12:35:56
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 2026sh
Discoverer internal name: WFST260109qrhq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:37:48.400 (174.451667) DEC = -01:17:13.52 (-1.287089)
Discovery date: 2026-01-09 20:41:16.800 (JD=2461050.362)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-09 20:41:16.800
Flux: 20.47 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-01-05 21:12:58
Limiting flux: 21.47 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/2026sh