TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302977 [ 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 2026lxu
Discoverer internal name: WFST260502bvp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:15:24.440 (153.851833) DEC = +02:57:45.98 (2.962772)
Discovery date: 2026-05-02 14:02:24.000 (JD=2461163.085)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-02 14:02:24.000
Flux: 21.1 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-01 15:40:19
Limiting flux: 20.03 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/2026lxu
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 2026lxu
Discoverer internal name: WFST260502bvp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:15:24.440 (153.851833) DEC = +02:57:45.98 (2.962772)
Discovery date: 2026-05-02 14:02:24.000 (JD=2461163.085)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-02 14:02:24.000
Flux: 21.1 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-01 15:40:19
Limiting flux: 20.03 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/2026lxu