Discovery Date: 2018-07-09 04:45:20 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58308.20
Disc g-Mag: 20.26±0.20
Latest Date: 2021-05-02 09:42:31 UTC
Latest MJD: 59336.40
Latest g-Mag: 20.14±0.20

Transient Name Server
AT2018kyp
The transient was discovered on 20th December 2018 at 12:50:11 (MJD 58472.53) by ZTF as ZTF18abdgzzr with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.61..
Sherlock Contextual Classification
Prediction: AGN
The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ154316.41%2B540526.0; a V=16.93 mag AGN found in the NED/SDSS/MILLIQUAS/GSC/PS1/GAIA/2MASS/VERON catalogues. It's located 0.28 arcsec S, 1.69 arcsec E (6.6 Kpc) from the AGN centre. A host z=0.245 implies a m - M = 40.45.
Difference Image Lightcurve
Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.