TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302981 [ 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 2026lxy
Discoverer internal name: WFST260503bvxi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:58:56.840 (164.736833) DEC = -01:58:51.50 (-1.980972)
Discovery date: 2026-05-03 14:12:28.800 (JD=2461164.092)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-03 14:12:28.800
Flux: 21.84 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-02 15:54:43
Limiting flux: 21.4 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/2026lxy
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 2026lxy
Discoverer internal name: WFST260503bvxi
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:58:56.840 (164.736833) DEC = -01:58:51.50 (-1.980972)
Discovery date: 2026-05-03 14:12:28.800 (JD=2461164.092)
Photometry
Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-03 14:12:28.800
Flux: 21.84 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope
Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-02 15:54:43
Limiting flux: 21.4 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/2026lxy