TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 247783 [ 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 2025eek
Discoverer internal name: WFST0516axlx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:31:57.120 (37.988) DEC = +02:49:43.37 (2.828714)
Discovery date: 2025-02-14 12:57:36.000 (JD=2460721.04)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-14 12:57:36.000
Flux: 21.84 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-12 12:56:10
Limiting flux: 21.46 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/2025eek