ZTF18aazsdnv

321.600449, 25.640711

Discovery Date: 2018-06-21 11:08:32 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58290.46
Disc r-Mag: 20.18±0.18
Latest Date: 2023-03-18 12:58:43 UTC
Latest MJD: 60021.54
Latest r-Mag: 15.86±0.03
Peak Mag 14.33±0.03 (g-band)
Peak Date 2020-05-09 10:49:53
Peak MJD 58978.45
Detection Count 298 (excluding 51 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 21:26:24.108, 25:38:26.560
Galactic Coords 75.344779, -17.745699
Ecliptic Coords 334.194002, 38.298900

Transient Name Server

AT2016gwu

The transient was discovered on 3rd October 2016 at 11:35:31 (MJD 57664.48) by GaiaAlerts as Gaia16ble with a discovery magnitude of G = 16.52..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Cataclysmic Variable

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J212624.12+253826.8; an r=19.05 mag AGN found in the SDSS/MILLIQUAS/RITTER/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.4" (2.9 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=1.000 implies a m - M = 44.10.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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