ZTF18aalurns

146.462385, -19.733925

Discovery Date: 2018-11-05 11:59:47 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58427.50
Disc r-Mag: 18.09±0.13
Latest Date: 2023-03-18 06:53:45 UTC
Latest MJD: 60021.29
Latest g-Mag: 16.89±0.05
Peak Mag 13.32±0.02 (g-band)
Peak Date 2021-01-18 09:04:38
Peak MJD 59232.38
Detection Count 205 (excluding 179 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 09:45:50.972, -19:44:2.128
Galactic Coords 254.122720, 25.073123
Ecliptic Coords 156.397319, -31.107755

Transient Name Server

AT2020aio

The transient was discovered on 19th January 2020 at 00:44:38 (MJD 58867.03) by GaiaAlerts as Gaia20air with a discovery magnitude of G = 14.89..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Cataclysmic Variable

The transient is synonymous with J094551.01-194401.2; a B=17.33 mag AGN found in the MILLIQUAS/GSC/RITTER/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.6" (4.4 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=1.000 implies a m - M = 44.10.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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