TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301478 [ 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 2026kth
Discoverer internal name: WFST260407akaha
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 17:38:58.130 (264.742208) DEC = +45:28:29.06 (45.474739)
Discovery date: 2026-04-07 20:52:48.000 (JD=2461138.37)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-07 20:52:48.000
Flux: 20.66 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-03-30 20:52:48
Limiting flux: 21.74 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/2026kth