TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244008 [ 2025TNSTR.597....1X ]

Date Received (UTC): 2025-02-13 13:38:39
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 2024agxq
Discoverer internal name: WFST0458jwtr
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 01:52:55.740 (28.23225) DEC = -01:12:58.75 (-1.216319)
Discovery date: 2024-12-18 12:40:19.200 (JD=2460663.028)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-18 12:40:19.200
Flux: 21.72 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-15 12:40:19
Limiting flux: 21.17 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024agxq