ZTF18aalsiji

222.611176, 58.662508

Discovery Date: 2018-06-10 07:11:41 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58279.30
Disc g-Mag: 20.11±0.18
Latest Date: 2023-05-24 07:46:36 UTC
Latest MJD: 60088.32
Latest g-Mag: 20.07±0.15
Peak Mag 17.81±0.10 (r-band)
Peak Date 2021-06-18 04:56:10
Peak MJD 59383.21
Detection Count 801 (excluding 5 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 14:50:26.682, 58:39:45.028
Galactic Coords 97.963745, 52.308559
Ecliptic Coords 177.501638, 67.472706

Transient Name Server

AT2018lns

The transient was discovered on 20th December 2018 at 11:20:42 (MJD 58472.47) by ZTF as ZTF18aalsiji with a discovery magnitude of g = 18.13..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with MRK0830; a V=16.04 mag AGN found in the NED/MILLIQUAS/GSC/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.4" (1.2 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.210 implies a m - M = 40.07.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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