TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308517 [ 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 2026pgn
Discoverer internal name: WFST260608dfpk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:47:35.720 (206.898833) DEC = -00:09:53.19 (-0.164775)
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 16:58:04.800 (JD=2461200.207)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-08 16:58:04.800
Flux: 21.59 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-06 17:45:36
Limiting flux: 21.21 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/2026pgn