TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247751 [ 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 2025edf
Discoverer internal name: WFST0510dhdd
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:41:45.050 (205.437708) DEC = +02:36:39.39 (2.610942)
Discovery date: 2025-02-21 19:43:40.800 (JD=2460728.322)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-21 19:43:40.800
Flux: 22.05 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-17 19:14:53
Limiting flux: 19.45 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


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