TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 254541 [ 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 2025kdq
Discoverer internal name: WFST0596fqbc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:52:14.050 (208.058542) DEC = -01:36:52.70 (-1.614639)
Discovery date: 2025-05-05 17:22:33.600 (JD=2460801.224)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-05 17:22:33.600
Flux: 20.3 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-04-27 17:05:17
Limiting flux: 23.12 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/2025kdq