TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 296962 [ 2026TNSTR1233....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-03-22 11:38:49
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 2026gxs
Discoverer internal name: WFST260318bmctu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:15:22.630 (198.844292) DEC = -00:21:55.72 (-0.365478)
Discovery date: 2026-03-18 19:46:33.600 (JD=2461118.324)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-03-18 19:46:33.600
Flux: 21.78 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-17 21:44:38
Limiting flux: 21.12 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/2026gxs