TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254531 [ 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 2025kdg
Discoverer internal name: WFST0591pvyf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:33:55.290 (203.480375) DEC = -01:19:13.56 (-1.320433)
Discovery date: 2025-04-30 17:06:43.200 (JD=2460796.213)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-04-30 17:06:43.200
Flux: 22.49 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-27 17:03:50
Limiting flux: 23.04 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/2025kdg