TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301456 [ 2026TNSTR1826....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-25 15:33:41
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 2026ksn
Discoverer internal name: WFST260415aqm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:17:49.530 (154.456375) DEC = -01:52:32.30 (-1.875639)
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 13:40:48.000 (JD=2461146.07)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 13:40:48.000
Flux: 21.93 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-14 13:37:55
Limiting flux: 22.18 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/2026ksn