TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308497 [ 2026TNSTR2536....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2026-06-15 15:15:49
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 2026pfw
Discoverer internal name: WFST260602exjg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:15:56.150 (213.983958) DEC = -00:43:42.45 (-0.728458)
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 17:28:19.200 (JD=2461194.228)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 17:28:19.200
Flux: 20.61 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-05-25 16:10:34
Limiting flux: 21.56 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/2026pfw