TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 302996 [ 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 2026lym
Discoverer internal name: WFST260109ctset
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:08:07.910 (197.032958) DEC = +31:23:40.31 (31.394531)
Discovery date: 2026-04-17 19:55:12.000 (JD=2461148.33)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-17 19:55:12.000
Flux: 21.89 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-13 20:41:17
Limiting flux: 19.31 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/2026lym