TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308310 [ 2026TNSTR2496....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-13 15:36:21
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 2026pbt
Discoverer internal name: WFST260218aheuk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:03:51.890 (210.966208) DEC = -00:27:16.38 (-0.45455)
Discovery date: 2026-06-03 16:46:33.600 (JD=2461195.199)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-03 16:46:33.600
Flux: 21.54 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-02 18:24:29
Limiting flux: 21.02 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/2026pbt