TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223300 [ 2024TNSTR3134....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-28 05:22:28
Date made public:
Sender: WFST_SN
Reporting Group: WFST     Discovery Data Source: WFST

Ji-an Jiang (USTC), Zelin Xu (USTC), Weiyu Wu (USTC), Dezheng Meng (USTC) on behalf of the WFST collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024tkz
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240416a
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:30:12.310 (157.551292) DEC = -00:50:36.79 (-0.843553)
Discovery date: 2024-04-15 17:21:07.200 (JD=2460416.223)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-15 17:21:07.200
Flux: 21.27 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Instrument=WFST, filter=WFST-g

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-10 17:39:50
Limiting flux: 22.46 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Instrument=WFST, filter=WFST-r

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