ZTF18aahpbal

144.171096, 10.237689

Discovery Date: 2018-12-09 11:27:22 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58461.48
Disc g-Mag: 18.90±0.14
Latest Date: 2023-04-18 05:24:13 UTC
Latest MJD: 60052.23
Latest g-Mag: 19.71±0.13
Peak Mag 17.94±0.06 (r-band)
Peak Date 2020-12-18 11:27:06
Peak MJD 59201.48
Detection Count 74 (excluding 110 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 09:36:41.063, 10:14:15.680
Galactic Coords 223.510597, 41.240261
Ecliptic Coords 143.092645, -3.788427

Transient Name Server

AT2018luo

The transient was discovered on 9th April 2018 at 04:45:07 (MJD 58217.20) by ZTF as ZTF18aahpbal with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.29..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with 2MFGC07447; an r=16.34 mag AGN found in the NED/MILLIQUAS/PS1/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.2" (0.2 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.060 implies a m - M = 37.15.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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