TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302975 [ 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 2026lxs
Discoverer internal name: WFST260426ilpv
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:54:30.310 (208.626292) DEC = -01:39:59.25 (-1.666458)
Discovery date: 2026-04-26 18:00:00.000 (JD=2461157.25)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-26 18:00:00.000
Flux: 21.67 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-24 17:51:22
Limiting flux: 21.74 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/2026lxs