ZTF18aaxrvzj

241.739807, 59.015238

Discovery Date: 2018-06-03 06:00:00 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58272.25
Disc g-Mag: 20.23±0.15
Latest Date: 2018-07-09 05:54:07 UTC
Latest MJD: 58308.25
Latest r-Mag: 19.91±0.14
Peak Mag 19.01±0.04 (g-band)
Peak Date 2018-06-12 06:23:52
Peak MJD 58281.27
Detection Count 17 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 16:06:57.554, 59:00:54.856
Galactic Coords 90.425507, 43.806747
Ecliptic Coords 197.105802, 75.224506

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018lpe

The transient was discovered on 3rd June 2018 at 00:00:00 (MJD 58272.00) by ZTF as ZTF18aaxrvzj with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.23. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.110.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J160657.50+590054.8; an r=22.69 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. It's located 0.03 arcsec N, 0.38 arcsec E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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