TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 256919 [ 2025TNSTR1985....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-05-27 13:14:53
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 2025mda
Discoverer internal name: WFST0609abmu
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:17:38.430 (154.410125) DEC = +00:18:48.93 (0.313592)
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 14:32:38.400 (JD=2460814.106)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2025-05-18 14:32:38.400
Flux: 22.32 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2025-05-14 15:12:58
Limiting flux: 18.3 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/2025mda