TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254490 [ 2025TNSTR1709....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-08 07:03:26
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 2025kbr
Discoverer internal name: WFST0578qixx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:13:04.990 (198.270792) DEC = -01:36:23.81 (-1.606614)
Discovery date: 2025-04-17 17:34:04.800 (JD=2460783.232)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-17 17:34:04.800
Flux: 22.06 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-16 16:42:14
Limiting flux: 20.83 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/2025kbr