TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 248959 [ 2025TNSTR1062....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-03-20 11:05:47
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 2025ews
Discoverer internal name: WFST0477mftm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:24:19.370 (36.080708) DEC = +01:27:30.05 (1.458347)
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 12:36:00.000 (JD=2460682.025)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-06 12:36:00.000
Flux: 1.41 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-04 14:05:17
Limiting flux: 23.07 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/2025ews