TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223438 [ 2024TNSTR3134....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-08-28 05:26:56
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 2024toy
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240505d
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:38:22.870 (159.595292) DEC = +02:48:40.95 (2.811375)
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 14:31:12.000 (JD=2460436.105)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-05 14:31:12.000
Flux: 22.66 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: 2024-05-04 17:02:24
Limiting flux: 20.03 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Instrument=WFST, filter=WFST-g

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