TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247775 [ 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 2025eec
Discoverer internal name: WFST0511estk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:43:17.600 (205.823333) DEC = +02:20:10.45 (2.336236)
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 18:37:26.400 (JD=2460726.276)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-19 18:37:26.400
Flux: 20.98 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-17 19:19:12
Limiting flux: 19.61 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/2025eec