TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 248974 [ 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 2025exf
Discoverer internal name: WFST0510nmjy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:23:35.590 (215.898292) DEC = +02:15:23.44 (2.256511)
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:37:55.200 (JD=2460715.443)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-08 22:37:55.200
Flux: 22.2 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-02-07 22:43:41
Limiting flux: 21.46 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/2025exf