TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246977 [ 2025TNSTR.912....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-07 12:40:20
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 2025dpt
Discoverer internal name: WFST0521hfrw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:51:29.240 (162.871833) DEC = +05:01:55.41 (5.032058)
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 16:42:14.400 (JD=2460726.196)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 16:42:14.400
Flux: 22.34 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Note: Photometry may not be reliable due to a potential detection in reference images.

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-19 15:48:58
Limiting flux: 22.44 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Note: Photometry may not be reliable due to a potential detection in reference images.

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025dpt