ZTF18aavummp

268.233237, 58.636448

Discovery Date: 2018-08-31 05:11:44 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58361.22
Disc g-Mag: 20.15±0.16
Latest Date: 2018-09-27 02:54:18 UTC
Latest MJD: 58388.12
Latest g-Mag: 20.01±0.18
Peak Mag 19.97±0.17 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-09-18 05:24:12
Peak MJD 58379.23
Detection Count 12 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 17:52:55.977, 58:38:11.213
Galactic Coords 87.200274, 30.419180
Ecliptic Coords 263.350162, 82.034941

Transient Name Server

AT2018lzs

The transient was discovered on 7th November 2018 at 04:15:02 (MJD 58429.18) by ZTF as ZTF18aavummp with a discovery magnitude of r = 20.33..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Variable Star

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J175255.94+583811.2; an r=19.15 mag stellar source found in the SDSS catalogue. It's located 0.2 arcsec from the stellar source core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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