TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 250515 [ 2025TNSTR1246....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-04-02 07:42:27
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 2025gkj
Discoverer internal name: WFST0472fned
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:18:49.460 (34.706083) DEC = +06:58:20.54 (6.972372)
Discovery date: 2025-01-01 12:48:57.600 (JD=2460677.034)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-01 12:48:57.600
Flux: 23.02 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No available data for forced photometry.

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