Discovery certificate for object 2024zgc
TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230418 [ 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 2024zgc
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240404w
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 14:31:14.880 (217.812) DEC = -01:22:05.86 (-1.368294)
Discovery date: 2024-04-03 19:20:38.400 (JD=2460404.306)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-04-03 19:20:38.400
Flux: 22.34 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-04-03 16:45:07
Limiting flux: 21.28 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/2024zgc