TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 301852 [ 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 2026kzg
Discoverer internal name: WFST260424nvke
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:10:15.440 (212.564333) DEC = -01:10:59.11 (-1.183086)
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 15:36:00.000 (JD=2461155.15)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-24 15:36:00.000
Flux: 21.84 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-23 15:07:12
Limiting flux: 21.08 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/2026kzg