ZTF17aaaeqms

19.805966, 31.773933

Discovery Date: 2023-05-23 11:29:40 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60087.48
Disc r-Mag: 18.86±0.16
Latest Date: 2023-06-04 11:31:33 UTC
Latest MJD: 60099.48
Latest r-Mag: 17.91±0.10
Peak Mag 17.74±0.06 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-30 11:32:05
Peak MJD 60094.48
Detection Count 53 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 01:19:13.432, 31:46:26.157
Galactic Coords 129.801428, -30.726921
Ecliptic Coords 30.638028, 21.625347

Transient Name Server

AT2023jkf

The transient was discovered on 23rd May 2023 at 11:29:45 (MJD 60087.48) by ZTF as ZTF17aaaeqms with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.86..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ01191343%2B3146260; an r=15.73 mag galaxy found in the NED/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.2" (0.2 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.060 implies a m - M = 37.13.

Difference Image Lightcurve

Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.