TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230376 [ 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 2024zer
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240308y
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:18:01.080 (214.5045) DEC = +03:56:05.56 (3.934878)
Discovery date: 2024-03-07 19:48:00.000 (JD=2460377.325)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-03-07 19:48:00.000
Flux: 22.04 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-03-06 20:36:58
Limiting flux: 22.83 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/2024zer