TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244245 [ 2025TNSTR.597....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-13 13:46:38
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 2025bka
Discoverer internal name: WFST0491llye
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:32:05.800 (23.024167) DEC = +05:22:16.68 (5.3713)
Discovery date: 2025-01-23 14:35:31.200 (JD=2460699.108)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-01-23 14:35:31.200
Flux: 21.15 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-01-19 15:18:43
Limiting flux: 20.83 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/2025bka