ZTF17aaaeqms

19.806032, 31.773868

Discovery Date: 2023-05-23 11:29:40 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60087.48
Disc r-Mag: 18.86±0.16
Latest Date: 2023-07-20 10:10:20 UTC
Latest MJD: 60145.42
Latest r-Mag: 18.56±0.09
Peak Mag 17.58±0.08 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-06-07 11:15:55
Peak MJD 60102.47
Detection Count 98 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 01:19:13.448, 31:46:25.925
Galactic Coords 129.801502, -30.726978
Ecliptic Coords 30.638055, 21.625265

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.