TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 300780 [ 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 2026kdw
Discoverer internal name: WFST260412bupey
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:11:05.040 (212.771) DEC = +49:42:10.08 (49.7028)
Discovery date: 2026-04-12 21:07:12.000 (JD=2461143.38)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-12 21:07:12.000
Flux: 21.03 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-04 22:01:55
Limiting flux: 21.61 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/2026kdw