TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247779 [ 2025TNSTR.967....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-12 09:45:01
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 2025eeg
Discoverer internal name: WFST0516adv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:32:25.680 (23.107) DEC = +00:29:18.12 (0.488367)
Discovery date: 2025-02-14 12:40:19.200 (JD=2460721.028)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-14 12:40:19.200
Flux: 21.61 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-12 12:44:38
Limiting flux: 21.24 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/2025eeg