TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 290402 [ 2026TNSTR.540....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-08 14:07:00
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 2026clk
Discoverer internal name: WFST260206gppk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:44:28.990 (176.120792) DEC = +05:24:43.35 (5.412042)
Discovery date: 2026-02-06 21:25:55.200 (JD=2461078.393)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-06 21:25:55.200
Flux: 21.31 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-01 18:14:24
Limiting flux: 19.8 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/2026clk