TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 279154 [ 2025TNSTR4786....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-01 10:13:04
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 2025afqq
Discoverer internal name: WFST251116rqtx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 22:48:44.720 (342.186333) DEC = +02:58:12.38 (2.970106)
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 16:03:21.600 (JD=2460996.169)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-16 16:03:21.600
Flux: 22.87 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-11-15 16:33:36
Limiting flux: 22.07 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/2025afqq