TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 292760 [ 2026TNSTR.782....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-02-24 13:19:03
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 2026ehn
Discoverer internal name: WFST260219afdyv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:33:38.040 (218.4085) DEC = -00:57:53.72 (-0.964922)
Discovery date: 2026-02-19 23:08:09.600 (JD=2461091.464)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-19 23:08:09.600
Flux: 22.15 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-18 23:11:02
Limiting flux: 23.06 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/2026ehn