TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308505 [ 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 2026pgd
Discoverer internal name: WFST260603ejdy
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:04:33.820 (196.140917) DEC = +04:11:15.39 (4.187608)
Discovery date: 2026-06-03 16:19:12.000 (JD=2461195.18)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-03 16:19:12.000
Flux: 21.8 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-02 17:58:34
Limiting flux: 21.08 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/2026pgd