TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247718 [ 2025TNSTR.967....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-12 09:40:20
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 2025ecn
Discoverer internal name: WFST0509gcyy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:58:15.660 (209.56525) DEC = +02:18:16.98 (2.304717)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:32:09.600 (JD=2460715.439)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:32:09.600
Flux: 21.12 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-07 22:35:02
Limiting flux: 22.56 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/2025ecn