Discovery certificate for object 2024zdq
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230349 [ 2024TNSTR4147....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-25 12:25:21
Sender: WFST Transient Survey (WFST_SN)
Reporting Group: WFST     Discovery Data Source: WFST

Ji-an Jiang (USTC), Zelin Xu (USTC), Dezheng Meng (USTC), Zhengyan Liu (USTC), Weiyu Wu (USTC), Junhan Zhao (USTC) on behalf of the WFST collaboration report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: AT 2024zdq
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240307ea
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 13:09:25.890 (197.357875) DEC = +01:16:57.35 (1.282597)
Discovery date: 2024-03-06 18:57:36.000 (JD=2460376.29)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-06 18:57:36.000
Flux: 21.26 ABMag
Filter: r-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Archival info: Other
Remarks: The transient was discovered on the first night of the WFST pilot survey, non-detection constraint is not available.

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