ZTF18aarzbkh

183.180786, 12.765610

Discovery Date: 2023-03-17 05:23:00 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60020.22
Disc g-Mag: 19.78±0.16
Latest Date: 2023-03-17 08:07:43 UTC
Latest MJD: 60020.34
Latest r-Mag: 19.74±0.14
Peak Mag 19.74±0.14 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-03-17 08:07:43
Peak MJD 60020.34
Detection Count 2 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 12:12:43.389, 12:45:56.195
Galactic Coords 268.782402, 73.016752
Ecliptic Coords 177.750911, 12.959103

Transient Name Server

AT2023dnc

The transient was discovered on 17th March 2023 at 05:23:00 (MJD 60020.22) by ZTF as ZTF18aarzbkh with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.78..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J121242.68+124546.3; an r=17.90 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/PS1/LASR catalogues. Its located 9.74" N, 10.41" E (1.7 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.006 implies a m - M = 31.99.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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