TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301094 [ 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 2026kkp
Discoverer internal name: WFST260415cqbe
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:45:31.650 (176.381875) DEC = -01:37:25.91 (-1.623864)
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 14:22:33.600 (JD=2461146.099)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 14:22:33.600
Flux: 21.81 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-14 14:21:07
Limiting flux: 20.72 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/2026kkp