TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 285901 [ 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 2026cs
Discoverer internal name: WFST260103dmlr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:20:49.820 (35.207583) DEC = +03:17:04.44 (3.284567)
Discovery date: 2026-01-03 12:46:04.800 (JD=2461044.032)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-03 12:46:04.800
Flux: 21.29 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-12-30 13:22:05
Limiting flux: 20.84 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/2026cs