TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223475 [ 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 2024tqa
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240512a
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:57:50.490 (164.460375) DEC = +01:38:53.90 (1.648306)
Discovery date: 2024-05-12 15:00:00.000 (JD=2460443.125)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-12 15:00:00.000
Flux: 20.41 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Remarks: Instrument=WFST, filter=WFST-r

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-11 14:57:07
Limiting flux: 23.2 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/2024tqa