Discovery Date: 2018-05-31 06:00:00 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58269.25
Disc g-Mag: 19.42±0.19
Latest Date: 2023-09-25 05:12:43 UTC
Latest MJD: 60212.22
Latest g-Mag: 19.22±0.20

Transient Name Server
AT2018kyn
The transient was discovered on 24th December 2018 at 12:43:32 (MJD 58476.53) by ZTF as ZTF18aaxkort with a discovery magnitude of r = 17.96..
Sherlock Contextual Classification
Prediction: AGN
The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ16355210%2B7128540; a 16.60 mag AGN found in the NED/MILLIQUAS/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.2" (0.5 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.171 implies a m - M = 39.58.
Difference Image Lightcurve
Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.