TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 285966 [ 2026TNSTR..66....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-08 11:05:59
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 2025alid
Discoverer internal name: WFST251223tvkz
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:07:30.470 (31.876958) DEC = +01:22:14.82 (1.370783)
Discovery date: 2025-12-23 15:36:00.000 (JD=2461033.15)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-12-23 15:36:00.000
Flux: 22.73 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-12-21 15:00:00
Limiting flux: 22.47 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/2025alid