TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 223498 [ 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 2024tqn
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240527b
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:44:14.870 (161.061958) DEC = -00:35:14.57 (-0.587381)
Discovery date: 2024-05-27 15:07:12.000 (JD=2460458.13)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-27 15:07:12.000
Flux: 19.61 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: 2024-05-25 15:15:50
Limiting flux: 20.83 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/2024tqn