TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302974 [ 2026TNSTR2031....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-05-10 14:43:32
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 2026lxr
Discoverer internal name: WFST260426hgxc
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:51.810 (206.965875) DEC = -01:22:49.76 (-1.380489)
Discovery date: 2026-04-26 17:51:21.600 (JD=2461157.244)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-26 17:51:21.600
Flux: 21.94 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-23 14:57:07
Limiting flux: 20.94 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/2026lxr