ZTF18aavscmw

233.913720, 56.735233

Discovery Date: 2018-05-28 06:00:00 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58266.25
Disc r-Mag: 19.31±0.17
Latest Date: 2023-04-23 08:44:20 UTC
Latest MJD: 60057.36
Latest g-Mag: 19.47±0.17
Peak Mag 18.60±0.18 (r-band)
Peak Date 2021-09-19 04:42:58
Peak MJD 59476.20
Detection Count 255 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:35:39.293, 56:44:6.840
Galactic Coords 89.970715, 48.537467
Ecliptic Coords 192.916255, 70.642592

Transient Name Server

AT2018kmq

The transient was discovered on 20th December 2018 at 12:50:11 (MJD 58472.53) by ZTF as ZTF18aavscmw with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.17..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with SBS1534%2B568; a V=16.77 mag AGN found in the NED/MILLIQUAS/GSC/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.4" (1.2 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.207 implies a m - M = 40.04.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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