TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256942 [ 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 2025mdx
Discoverer internal name: WFST0609ffrt
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:44:55.080 (176.2295) DEC = -01:11:07.04 (-1.185289)
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 15:15:50.400 (JD=2460814.136)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 15:15:50.400
Flux: 22.39 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-14 15:54:43
Limiting flux: 21.08 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/2025mdx