TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 292512 [ 2026TNSTR.758....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-23 13:45:29
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 2026ebw
Discoverer internal name: WFST0608jcpx
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:51:55.450 (207.981042) DEC = +01:29:41.12 (1.494756)
Discovery date: 2026-02-09 20:54:14.400 (JD=2461081.371)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-09 20:54:14.400
Flux: 21.55 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-08 23:08:10
Limiting flux: 21.51 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/2026ebw