TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 226620 [ 2024TNSTR3687....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-09-24 14:29:11
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 2024wkv
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240503x
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:26:13.620 (156.55675) DEC = +04:19:11.53 (4.319869)
Discovery date: 2024-05-03 14:18:14.400 (JD=2460434.096)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-03 14:18:14.400
Flux: 22.03 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-02 14:15:22
Limiting flux: 21.61 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


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