TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226593 [ 2024TNSTR3687....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 14:26:46
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 2024wjx
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240424j
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:27:44.030 (156.933458) DEC = -00:37:06.72 (-0.618533)
Discovery date: 2024-04-24 14:25:26.400 (JD=2460425.101)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-24 14:25:26.400
Flux: 21.32 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-23 14:19:41
Limiting flux: 19.4 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/2024wjx