TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 303026 [ 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 2026lzj
Discoverer internal name: WFST260423adrhk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:27:54.250 (246.976042) DEC = +23:41:40.09 (23.694469)
Discovery date: 2026-05-03 20:49:55.200 (JD=2461164.368)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-03 20:49:55.200
Flux: 20.49 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-04-18 19:13:26
Limiting flux: 18.65 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/2026lzj