TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 278560 [ 2025TNSTR4746....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-11-28 11:49:06
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 2025afby
Discoverer internal name: WFST251120tqjk
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:40:12.990 (25.054125) DEC = -00:34:28.09 (-0.574469)
Discovery date: 2025-11-20 15:14:24.000 (JD=2461000.135)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-20 15:14:24.000
Flux: 22.58 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-11-19 17:18:14
Limiting flux: 23.39 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


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