TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308121 [ 2026TNSTR2454....1X ]

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 2026oyi
Discoverer internal name: WFST260510aetpm
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:33:47.510 (278.447958) DEC = +37:36:07.65 (37.602125)
Discovery date: 2026-05-10 18:54:43.200 (JD=2461171.288)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-05-10 18:54:43.200
Flux: 21.55 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-06 19:19:12
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/2026oyi