TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256934 [ 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 2025mdp
Discoverer internal name: WFST0609dbgc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:06:55.420 (166.730917) DEC = +03:19:40.30 (3.327861)
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 15:00:00.000 (JD=2460814.125)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 15:00:00.000
Flux: 22.52 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-14 15:38:53
Limiting flux: 21.12 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/2025mdp