TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 230499 [ 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 2024zis
Discoverer internal name: WFST-PS240605a
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 18:10:29.320 (272.622167) DEC = +66:40:56.77 (66.682436)
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 19:17:45.600 (JD=2460466.304)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-06-04 19:17:45.600
Flux: 22.4 ABMag
Filter: g-WFST
Instrument: WFST-WFC
Telescope: Wide Field Survey Telescope

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-06-01 17:18:14
Limiting flux: 20.67 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/2024zis