TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255857 [ 2025TNSTR1900....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-22 09:00:21
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 2025lec
Discoverer internal name: WFST0609piaa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:26:25.280 (201.605333) DEC = +03:11:52.04 (3.197789)
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 16:55:12.000 (JD=2460814.205)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 16:55:12.000
Flux: 22.45 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-14 17:24:00
Limiting flux: 20.92 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/2025lec