TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308117

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-11 13:46:01
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 2026oye
Discoverer internal name: WFST260522abqp
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:26:08.380 (156.534917) DEC = +04:26:57.22 (4.449228)
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 14:31:12.000 (JD=2461183.105)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-22 14:31:12.000
Flux: 21.23 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-21 14:51:22
Limiting flux: 21.88 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/2026oye