TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 255881 [ 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 2025lfa
Discoverer internal name: WFST0609vsha
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:38:04.110 (204.517125) DEC = +04:40:50.37 (4.680658)
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 17:48:28.800 (JD=2460814.242)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 17:48:28.800
Flux: 22.24 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-14 16:49:26
Limiting flux: 21.08 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025lfa