TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 246994 [ 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 2025dqk
Discoverer internal name: WFST0521jadt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:57:33.710 (164.390458) DEC = +03:47:27.99 (3.791108)
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 16:50:52.800 (JD=2460726.202)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 16:50:52.800
Flux: 21.68 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-19 15:57:36
Limiting flux: 22.76 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/2025dqk