TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256928 [ 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 2025mdj
Discoverer internal name: WFST0608bmoa
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:44:13.120 (176.054667) DEC = -00:13:07.87 (-0.218853)
Discovery date: 2025-05-17 15:17:16.800 (JD=2460813.137)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-17 15:17:16.800
Flux: 22.08 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-13 15:51:50
Limiting flux: 19.58 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/2025mdj