TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230359 [ 2024TNSTR4147....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-25 12:25:21
Date made public:
Sender: 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 2024zea
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240307ef
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:15:32.560 (213.885667) DEC = +02:08:50.23 (2.147286)
Discovery date: 2024-03-06 20:39:50.400 (JD=2460376.361)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-06 20:39:50.400
Flux: 21.58 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-06 19:40:48
Limiting flux: 22.21 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/2024zea