TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 308531 [ 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 2026pha
Discoverer internal name: WFST260611jgmq
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:35:25.830 (218.857625) DEC = -01:38:25.40 (-1.640389)
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 17:47:02.400 (JD=2461203.241)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2026-06-11 17:47:02.400
Flux: 21.15 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2026-06-11 15:40:19
Limiting flux: 20.69 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/2026pha