TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308498 [ 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 2026pfx
Discoverer internal name: WFST260602fiaw
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:31:05.760 (217.774) DEC = +00:45:19.11 (0.755308)
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 17:31:12.000 (JD=2461194.23)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-02 17:31:12.000
Flux: 20.91 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: No available data for forced photometry.

Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026pfx