TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 248960 [ 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 2025ewt
Discoverer internal name: WFST0493bqwj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:22:18.330 (20.576375) DEC = +07:46:09.51 (7.769308)
Discovery date: 2025-01-22 12:31:40.800 (JD=2460698.022)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-22 12:31:40.800
Flux: 22.76 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-18 14:24:00
Limiting flux: 22.71 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/2025ewt