ZTF18abgrlpv

283.937428, 47.441242

Discovery Date: 2018-07-21 09:54:55 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58320.41
Disc g-Mag: 19.81±0.18
Latest Date: 2018-10-06 02:44:43 UTC
Latest MJD: 58397.11
Latest g-Mag: 20.23±0.19
Peak Mag 19.42±0.17 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-08-27 06:08:47
Peak MJD 58357.26
Detection Count 29 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 18:55:44.983, 47:26:28.472
Galactic Coords 77.294843, 18.938092
Ecliptic Coords 297.777751, 69.540109

Transient Name Server

SLSN-II SN2018lpu

The transient was discovered on 8th July 2018 at 00:00:00 (MJD 58307.00) by ZTF as ZTF18abgrlpv with a discovery magnitude of g = 21.23. It was subsequently classified as a SLSN-II at z = 0.210.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 164932839375520157; an r=20.83 mag galaxy found in the PS1 catalogue. It's located 0.25 arcsec S, 0.34 arcsec W from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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