ZTF18aarboos

117.966243, 49.814371

Discovery Date: 2018-08-30 12:18:49 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58360.51
Disc r-Mag: 17.76±0.09
Latest Date: 2023-03-18 04:50:32 UTC
Latest MJD: 60021.20
Latest g-Mag: 18.17±0.08
Peak Mag 15.68±0.09 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-04-29 05:56:22
Peak MJD 58602.25
Detection Count 513 (excluding 3 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 07:51:51.898, 49:48:51.734
Galactic Coords 168.854008, 29.869101
Ecliptic Coords 110.102628, 28.308491

Transient Name Server

AT2013iu

The transient was discovered on 7th May 2018 at 03:48:57 (MJD 58245.16) by ZTF as ZTF18aarboos with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.65..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with MCG+08.15.009; a 16.75 mag AGN found in the VERON catalogue. Its located 1.1" (0.5 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.024 implies a m - M = 35.10.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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