TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 244020 [ 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 2024agya
Discoverer internal name: WFST0458abiha
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 02:07:14.780 (31.811583) DEC = +08:54:06.40 (8.901778)
Discovery date: 2024-12-18 13:32:09.600 (JD=2460663.064)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-12-18 13:32:09.600
Flux: 22.4 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-12-18 12:44:38
Limiting flux: 22.89 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/2024agya