TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256951 [ 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 2025meg
Discoverer internal name: WFST0609slvf
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:23:19.410 (215.830875) DEC = -01:58:48.77 (-1.980214)
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 17:21:07.200 (JD=2460814.223)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 17:21:07.200
Flux: 22.93 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-15 17:26:53
Limiting flux: 21.72 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/2025meg