Discovery certificate for object 2024zek
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230369 [ 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 2024zek
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240308x
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:41:44.060 (160.433583) DEC = -00:36:31.36 (-0.608711)
Discovery date: 2024-03-07 16:19:12.000 (JD=2460377.18)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-07 16:19:12.000
Flux: 21.73 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-07 14:21:07
Limiting flux: 21.69 ABMag
Filter: u-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope


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