ZTF18abaxfzj

270.190399, 78.467756

Discovery Date: 2018-06-15 07:42:07 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58284.32
Disc r-Mag: 16.34±0.01
Latest Date: 2023-06-05 06:13:25 UTC
Latest MJD: 60100.26
Latest r-Mag: 14.63±0.03
Peak Mag 14.37±0.02 (r-band)
Peak Date 2021-03-22 09:13:51
Peak MJD 59295.38
Detection Count 478 (excluding 243 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 18:00:45.696, 78:28:3.923
Galactic Coords 110.037579, 29.064977
Ecliptic Coords 89.815514, 78.092830

Transient Name Server

AT2020lpz

The transient was discovered on 2nd June 2020 at 04:09:07 (MJD 59002.17) by GaiaAlerts as Gaia20coo with a discovery magnitude of G = 14.37..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with S51803+78; a 15.90 mag AGN found in the VERON catalogue. Its located 1.2" (8.2 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.680 implies a m - M = 43.07.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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