TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254525 [ 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 2025kda
Discoverer internal name: WFST0589hwhg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:12:47.680 (198.198667) DEC = +02:48:02.09 (2.800581)
Discovery date: 2025-04-28 16:04:48.000 (JD=2460794.17)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-28 16:04:48.000
Flux: 22.18 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-24 16:48:00
Limiting flux: 14.02 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/2025kda