TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303021 [ 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 2026lze
Discoverer internal name: WFST260420rkjg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:47:06.650 (251.777708) DEC = +23:09:31.90 (23.158861)
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 19:29:16.800 (JD=2461151.312)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 19:29:16.800
Flux: 20.74 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-08 21:07:12
Limiting flux: 22.43 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/2026lze