TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303022 [ 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 2026lzf
Discoverer internal name: WFST260420xvpm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:32:40.630 (278.169292) DEC = +45:16:45.46 (45.279294)
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 20:08:09.600 (JD=2461151.339)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-04-20 20:08:09.600
Flux: 20.27 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-13 21:25:55
Limiting flux: 20.74 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/2026lzf