TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 286149 [ 2026TNSTR..79....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-01-09 11:33:57
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 2026ht
Discoverer internal name: WFST260105kle
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:17:39.710 (349.415458) DEC = +00:09:35.03 (0.159731)
Discovery date: 2026-01-05 12:02:52.800 (JD=2461046.002)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-01-05 12:02:52.800
Flux: 22.05 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-01-04 12:00:00
Limiting flux: 21.27 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/2026ht