TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307081 [ 2026TNSTR2368....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-05 15:18:28
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 2026ogs
Discoverer internal name: WFST260517ajby
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 11:12:25.300 (168.105417) DEC = +01:12:09.84 (1.202733)
Discovery date: 2026-05-17 14:21:07.200 (JD=2461178.098)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-17 14:21:07.200
Flux: 22.13 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-16 15:08:38
Limiting flux: 19.94 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/2026ogs