ZTF18aakievf

239.901509, 37.784717

Discovery Date: 2022-05-03 09:52:22 UTC
Discovery MJD: 59702.41
Disc r-Mag: 18.99±0.19
Latest Date: 2023-05-20 09:17:03 UTC
Latest MJD: 60084.39
Latest r-Mag: 18.74±0.18
Peak Mag 18.74±0.18 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-20 09:17:03
Peak MJD 60084.39
Detection Count 3 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:59:36.362, 37:47:4.981
Galactic Coords 60.324078, 49.349904
Ecliptic Coords 224.065789, 56.524337

Transient Name Server

AT2023izc

The transient was discovered on 16th May 2023 at 06:51:50 (MJD 60080.29) by ZTF as ZTF18aakievf with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.35..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ15593630%2B3747044; an r=16.49 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.3" (0.4 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host distance of 264.0 Mpc(z=0.068) implies a m - M = 37.11.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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