ZTF18aakyear

241.005990, 52.411069

Discovery Date: 2023-02-21 11:14:34 UTC
Discovery MJD: 59996.47
Disc g-Mag: 19.96±0.15
Latest Date: 2023-03-17 11:11:33 UTC
Latest MJD: 60020.47
Latest r-Mag: 20.20±0.18
Peak Mag 19.80±0.13 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-02-21 12:45:39
Peak MJD 59996.53
Detection Count 6 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 16:04:1.437, 52:24:39.848
Galactic Coords 81.766960, 46.348655
Ecliptic Coords 210.521312, 69.926065

Transient Name Server

AT2023cla

The transient was discovered on 21st February 2023 at 11:14:34 (MJD 59996.47) by ZTF as ZTF18aakyear with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.96..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSSJ160401.41%2B522439.7; a 18.60 mag galaxy found in the NED catalogue. Its located 0.3" from the galaxy core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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