TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 307290 [ 2026TNSTR2379....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-07 14:05:03
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 2026okt
Discoverer internal name: WFST260523ahsud
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 16:19:23.690 (244.848708) DEC = +52:25:37.28 (52.427022)
Discovery date: 2026-05-23 20:47:02.400 (JD=2461184.366)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-23 20:47:02.400
Flux: 20.83 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-19 20:03:50
Limiting flux: 20.42 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/2026okt