TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 275842 [ 2025TNSTR4447....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-11-05 14:23:52
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 2025acof
Discoverer internal name: WFST251020aafzj
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:28:45.140 (37.188083) DEC = +03:21:36.50 (3.360139)
Discovery date: 2025-10-20 16:22:04.800 (JD=2460969.182)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-10-20 16:22:04.800
Flux: 22.63 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-10-19 17:29:46
Limiting flux: 23.04 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://sandbox.wis-tns.org/object/2025acof