ZTF18aakyddg

240.354596, 53.248502

Discovery Date: 2023-05-18 09:22:28 UTC

Discovery MJD: 60082.39

Disc g-Mag: 20.62±0.28

Latest Date: 2023-05-20 09:19:46 UTC

Latest MJD: 60084.39

Latest r-Mag: 19.71±0.16

Peak Mag	19.71±0.16 (r-band)
Peak Date	2023-05-20 09:19:46
Peak MJD	60084.39
Detection Count	2 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	16:01:25.103, 53:14:54.606
Galactic Coords	83.095211, 46.481381
Ecliptic Coords	208.155788, 70.385979

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Transient Name Server

AT2023iyz

The transient was discovered on 18th May 2023 at 09:23:02 (MJD 60082.39) by ZTF as ZTF18aakyddg with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.62..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J160125.12+531454.7; a V=16.67 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/GSC catalogues. Its located 0.1" (0.3 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.101 implies a m - M = 38.35.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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