TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 288673 [ 2026TNSTR.316....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-24 13:57:39
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 2026bee
Discoverer internal name: WFST0617frhn
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:04:25.340 (166.105583) DEC = -00:42:46.46 (-0.712906)
Discovery date: 2026-01-09 20:19:40.800 (JD=2461050.347)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-09 20:19:40.800
Flux: 21.84 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-01-05 21:00:00
Limiting flux: 21.58 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026bee