TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 253744 [ 2025TNSTR1645....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-03 09:43:09
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 2025jkt
Discoverer internal name: WFST0584rhgy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:11:05.950 (212.774792) DEC = -02:01:46.53 (-2.029592)
Discovery date: 2025-04-23 16:19:12.000 (JD=2460789.18)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-23 16:19:12.000
Flux: 22.71 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-21 18:12:58
Limiting flux: 22.65 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/2025jkt