TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256920 [ 2025TNSTR1985....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-27 13:14:53
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 2025mdb
Discoverer internal name: WFST0606aeef
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:54:30.450 (163.626875) DEC = +01:02:26.94 (1.040817)
Discovery date: 2025-05-16 14:51:21.600 (JD=2460812.119)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-16 14:51:21.600
Flux: 21.98 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-13 15:27:22
Limiting flux: 20.38 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/2025mdb