TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303008 [ 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 2026lyw
Discoverer internal name: WFST260411ankxs
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 12:37:26.720 (189.361333) DEC = +15:54:31.71 (15.908808)
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 20:32:38.400 (JD=2461146.356)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-15 20:32:38.400
Flux: 20.26 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-03 21:50:24
Limiting flux: 20.86 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/2026lyw