ZTF18aavrjtq

187.128697, 28.236621

Discovery Date: 2018-06-03 06:00:00 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58272.25
Disc g-Mag: 19.11±0.08
Latest Date: 2023-05-26 07:55:06 UTC
Latest MJD: 60090.33
Latest r-Mag: 17.87±0.09
Peak Mag 17.55±0.05 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-22 05:12:08
Peak MJD 60086.22
Detection Count 53 (excluding 178 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 12:28:30.887, 28:14:11.836
Galactic Coords 199.289668, 84.806145
Ecliptic Coords 174.259190, 28.526353

Transient Name Server

AT2018maq

The transient was discovered on 3rd June 2018 at 05:26:52 (MJD 58272.23) by ZTF as ZTF18aavrjtq with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.11..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with KUG1226+285; an r=16.41 mag AGN found in the MILLIQUAS/PS1/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.2" (0.3 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.100 implies a m - M = 38.30.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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