TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 300772 [ 2026TNSTR1735....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-20 13:17:46
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 2026kdo
Discoverer internal name: WFST260412bptzj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:52:06.810 (208.028375) DEC = +57:55:28.01 (57.924447)
Discovery date: 2026-04-12 20:55:40.800 (JD=2461143.372)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-12 20:55:40.800
Flux: 21.77 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-04 21:05:46
Limiting flux: 21.56 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/2026kdo