ZTF18aawmxdx

147.243175, 13.984371

Discovery Date: 2018-12-09 11:31:22 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58461.48
Disc g-Mag: 18.78±0.10
Latest Date: 2019-01-11 11:08:28 UTC
Latest MJD: 58494.46
Latest g-Mag: 19.75±0.14
Peak Mag 17.55±0.05 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-22 11:24:44
Peak MJD 58474.48
Detection Count 19 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 09:48:58.362, 13:59:3.737
Galactic Coords 220.684969, 45.581984
Ecliptic Coords 144.697965, 0.737302

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018jti

The transient was discovered on 9th December 2018 at 11:31:12 (MJD 58461.48) by ZTF as ZTF18aawmxdx with a discovery magnitude of g = 18.78. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.043.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ09485840%2B1359044; an r=16.01 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. It's located 0.9 arcsec (0.8 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.043 implies a m - M = 36.37.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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