ZTF18aawwjzq

144.887461, 30.006014

Discovery Date: 2023-05-13 06:22:48 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60077.27
Disc g-Mag: 19.58±0.18
Latest Date: 2023-05-17 05:51:43 UTC
Latest MJD: 60081.24
Latest r-Mag: 19.19±0.15
Peak Mag 19.12±0.11 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-15 04:53:56
Peak MJD 60079.20
Detection Count 5 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 09:39:32.991, 30:00:21.649
Galactic Coords 197.240173, 48.074622
Ecliptic Coords 137.202441, 15.111246

Transient Name Server

AT2023itw

The transient was discovered on 13th May 2023 at 06:22:48 (MJD 60077.27) by ZTF as ZTF18aawwjzq with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.58..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ09393297%2B3000217; an r=17.05 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. Its located 0.3" (0.6 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.116 implies a m - M = 38.67.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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