TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254508 [ 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 2025kcj
Discoverer internal name: WFST0584tovl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:04:10.140 (196.04225) DEC = +04:49:21.53 (4.822647)
Discovery date: 2025-04-23 16:42:14.400 (JD=2460789.196)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-23 16:42:14.400
Flux: 22.59 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-21 17:44:10
Limiting flux: 21.88 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/2025kcj