TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 269909 [ 2025TNSTR3692....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-09-14 09:19:59
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 2025xkb
Discoverer internal name: WFST250829hjfg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:14:45.490 (18.689542) DEC = +05:25:06.70 (5.418528)
Discovery date: 2025-08-29 20:49:55.200 (JD=2460917.368)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-08-29 20:49:55.200
Flux: 22.76 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-08-28 20:54:14
Limiting flux: 23.43 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/2025xkb