TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303018 [ 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 2026lzc
Discoverer internal name: WFST260417avxqm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:11:25.990 (212.858292) DEC = +30:30:45.48 (30.512633)
Discovery date: 2026-04-28 20:51:21.600 (JD=2461159.369)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-28 20:51:21.600
Flux: 20.43 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-06 18:05:46
Limiting flux: 20.45 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/2026lzc