TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301353 [ 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 2026kqa
Discoverer internal name: WFST260417uung
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:35:07.820 (203.782583) DEC = +38:33:16.32 (38.554533)
Discovery date: 2026-04-17 19:43:40.800 (JD=2461148.322)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-17 19:43:40.800
Flux: 21.91 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-13 20:28:19
Limiting flux: 21.5 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/2026kqa