TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301093 [ 2026TNSTR1786....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-23 12:43:25
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 2026kko
Discoverer internal name: WFST260415achq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:35:36.780 (158.90325) DEC = +02:21:49.01 (2.363614)
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 13:52:19.200 (JD=2461146.078)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 13:52:19.200
Flux: 21.79 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-14 13:50:53
Limiting flux: 21.82 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/2026kko