TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 288676 [ 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 2026beh
Discoverer internal name: WFST260111acslx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:29:09.850 (217.291042) DEC = -01:24:17.56 (-1.404878)
Discovery date: 2026-01-11 23:24:00.000 (JD=2461052.475)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-11 23:24:00.000
Flux: 22.17 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-01-10 23:32:38
Limiting flux: 21.77 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/2026beh