TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 285877 [ 2026TNSTR..58....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-07 13:06:29
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 2026by
Discoverer internal name: WFST260105swiq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:32:16.090 (203.067042) DEC = +02:15:02.25 (2.250625)
Discovery date: 2026-01-05 21:28:48.000 (JD=2461046.395)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-05 21:28:48.000
Flux: 21.24 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-01-03 21:37:26
Limiting flux: 21.36 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/2026by