TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301351 [ 2026TNSTR1806....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-24 13:58:14
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 2026kpy
Discoverer internal name: WFST260417tzjv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:23.310 (206.847125) DEC = +40:07:20.67 (40.122408)
Discovery date: 2026-04-17 19:42:14.400 (JD=2461148.321)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-17 19:42:14.400
Flux: 21.11 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-09 22:10:34
Limiting flux: 21.46 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/2026kpy