Discovery Date: 2019-04-02 11:51:25 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58575.49
Disc g-Mag: 18.38±0.21
Latest Date: 2020-01-23 11:16:04 UTC
Latest MJD: 58871.47
Latest g-Mag: 19.01±0.21
Transient Name Server
AT2018mbq
The transient was discovered on 12th July 2018 at 05:17:17 (MJD 58311.22) by ZTF as ZTF18aanlcck with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.04..
Sherlock Contextual Classification
Prediction: Nuclear Transient
The transient is synonymous with SDSS J172323.60+571700.5; an r=15.32 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 0.6 arcsec (0.3 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.025 implies a m - M = 35.21.
Difference Image Lightcurve
Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.