ZTF18aajvtbl

260.666408, 30.881284

Discovery Date: 2018-05-31 06:00:00 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58269.25
Disc g-Mag: 18.40±0.10
Latest Date: 2023-03-18 11:13:37 UTC
Latest MJD: 60021.47
Latest r-Mag: 16.89±0.04
Peak Mag 15.79±0.03 (g-band)
Peak Date 2022-07-31 06:07:03
Peak MJD 59791.25
Detection Count 176 (excluding 373 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 17:22:39.938, 30:52:52.623
Galactic Coords 54.178950, 31.503744
Ecliptic Coords 256.342440, 53.878950

Transient Name Server

AT2021agiv

The transient was discovered on 14th December 2021 at 22:14:52 (MJD 59562.93) by GaiaAlerts as Gaia21fot with a discovery magnitude of G = 15.65..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with MRK0506; an r=14.17 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS/MILLIQUAS catalogues. Its located 0.0" (0.0 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host distance of 79.0 Mpc(z=0.043) implies a m - M = 34.49.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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