TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 300774 [ 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 2026kdq
Discoverer internal name: WFST260412bqcfl
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:43:21.880 (205.841167) DEC = +56:59:59.35 (56.999819)
Discovery date: 2026-04-12 20:57:07.200 (JD=2461143.373)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-12 20:57:07.200
Flux: 22.13 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No available data for forced photometry.

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026kdq