TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230461 [ 2024TNSTR4147....1J ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-25 12:38:43
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 2024zhn
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240503al
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 10:59:51.230 (164.963458) DEC = +02:18:38.03 (2.310564)
Discovery date: 2024-05-03 14:38:24.000 (JD=2460434.11)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-05-03 14:38:24.000
Flux: 22.09 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-05-02 16:55:12
Limiting flux: 21.26 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/2024zhn