TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247730 [ 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 2025ect
Discoverer internal name: WFST0509hccg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:10:52.250 (212.717708) DEC = -00:09:35.30 (-0.159806)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:33:36.000 (JD=2460715.44)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:33:36.000
Flux: 21.49 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-07 22:37:55
Limiting flux: 22.18 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/2025ect