ZTF18aaimpat

235.964606, 36.526914

Discovery Date: 2018-06-06 08:13:44 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58275.34
Disc r-Mag: 19.30±0.12
Latest Date: 2023-05-27 09:53:19 UTC
Latest MJD: 60091.41
Latest g-Mag: 18.48±0.09
Peak Mag 17.57±0.10 (r-band)
Peak Date 2020-04-27 08:36:18
Peak MJD 58966.36
Detection Count 499 (excluding 2 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:43:51.505, 36:31:36.892
Galactic Coords 58.456057, 52.518631
Ecliptic Coords 219.760858, 54.191070

Transient Name Server

AT2018ktj

The transient was discovered on 20th December 2018 at 12:52:10 (MJD 58472.54) by ZTF as ZTF18aaimpat with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.26..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with WISEPCJ154351.50%2B363136.9; a 16.00 mag AGN found in the NED/MILLIQUAS/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.1" (0.1 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.067 implies a m - M = 37.40.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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