TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 250519 [ 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 2025gkn
Discoverer internal name: WFST0504gslm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:22:12.140 (20.550583) DEC = +02:51:20.00 (2.855556)
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 13:59:31.200 (JD=2460709.083)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-02-02 13:59:31.200
Flux: 21.42 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-30 12:37:26
Limiting flux: 21.49 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/2025gkn