ZTF18aamndyk

253.467538, 39.760189

Discovery Date: 2018-06-03 06:00:00 UTC

Discovery MJD: 58272.25

Disc g-Mag: 16.86±0.02

Latest Date: 2023-03-17 11:10:47 UTC

Latest MJD: 60020.47

Latest r-Mag: 15.86±0.06

Peak Mag	15.33±0.03 (r-band)
Peak Date	2021-06-27 08:11:49
Peak MJD	59392.34
Detection Count	369 (excluding 1 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	16:53:52.209, 39:45:36.681
Galactic Coords	63.600059, 38.859182
Ecliptic Coords	242.584453, 61.635160

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Transient Name Server

AT2018ctk

The transient was discovered on 21st April 2018 at 11:19:40 (MJD 58229.47) by ZTF as ZTF18aamndyk with a discovery magnitude of g = 17.49..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with MRK0501; a G=14.16 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS/GAIA/PS1/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.1" (0.0 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host distance of 119.0 Mpc(z=0.033) implies a m - M = 35.38.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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