TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 293549 [ 2026TNSTR.901....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-03 13:17:55
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 2026evf
Discoverer internal name: WFST260212thco
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:30:58.460 (217.743583) DEC = +03:58:03.08 (3.967522)
Discovery date: 2026-02-12 20:54:14.400 (JD=2461084.371)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-02-12 20:54:14.400
Flux: 22.87 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-02-11 23:36:58
Limiting flux: 22.45 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/2026evf