TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301851 [ 2026TNSTR1857....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-04-28 13:53:46
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 2026kzf
Discoverer internal name: WFST260424nayy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:04.130 (206.767208) DEC = +01:13:46.03 (1.229453)
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 15:28:48.000 (JD=2461155.145)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 15:28:48.000
Flux: 22.19 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-19 16:06:14
Limiting flux: 21.6 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/2026kzf