TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256949 [ 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 2025mee
Discoverer internal name: WFST0609prsx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:37:51.910 (204.466292) DEC = +00:48:59.80 (0.816611)
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 16:58:04.800 (JD=2460814.207)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 16:58:04.800
Flux: 23.02 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-14 16:14:53
Limiting flux: 21.54 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/2025mee