TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308523 [ 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 2026pgs
Discoverer internal name: WFST260611iamq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:54:17.770 (208.574042) DEC = +02:11:57.62 (2.199339)
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 17:32:38.400 (JD=2461203.231)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 17:32:38.400
Flux: 22.49 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-10 16:29:17
Limiting flux: 22.2 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/2026pgs