TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 279138 [ 2025TNSTR4786....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-12-01 10:13:04
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 2025afqa
Discoverer internal name: WFST251124xmte
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:11:12.980 (32.804083) DEC = +00:18:10.93 (0.303036)
Discovery date: 2025-11-24 15:33:07.200 (JD=2461004.148)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-11-24 15:33:07.200
Flux: 22.65 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-11-22 17:52:48
Limiting flux: 23.27 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/2025afqa