TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 248972 [ 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 2025exd
Discoverer internal name: WFST0510kiwa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:40:45.360 (205.189) DEC = +00:34:25.58 (0.573772)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:24:57.600 (JD=2460715.434)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:24:57.600
Flux: 22.36 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-07 22:27:50
Limiting flux: 22.47 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025exd