TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254491 [ 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 2025kbs
Discoverer internal name: WFST0579cmqn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:29:18.660 (157.32775) DEC = +04:42:33.68 (4.709356)
Discovery date: 2025-04-18 14:13:55.200 (JD=2460784.093)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-18 14:13:55.200
Flux: 23.01 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-15 14:51:22
Limiting flux: 22.45 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/2025kbs