TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 294684 [ 2026TNSTR1115....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-16 11:40:04
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 2026fsu
Discoverer internal name: WFST260308cbsds
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:45:18.470 (206.326958) DEC = +01:44:02.66 (1.734072)
Discovery date: 2026-03-08 21:46:04.800 (JD=2461108.407)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-08 21:46:04.800
Flux: 21.79 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-07 19:43:41
Limiting flux: 20.67 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/2026fsu