ZTF18abkojhi

311.017735, 28.552596

Discovery Date: 2018-08-01 07:25:01 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58331.31
Disc g-Mag: 19.00±0.19
Latest Date: 2023-06-05 10:57:10 UTC
Latest MJD: 60100.46
Latest g-Mag: 16.36±0.04
Peak Mag 15.51±0.04 (r-band)
Peak Date 2021-02-28 13:10:36
Peak MJD 59273.55
Detection Count 775 (excluding 14 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 20:44:4.256, 28:33:9.345
Galactic Coords 71.359047, -8.683055
Ecliptic Coords 324.058712, 44.599624

Transient Name Server

AT2018icj

The transient was discovered on 9th October 2018 at 02:51:21 (MJD 58400.12) by ZTF as ZTF18abkojhi with a discovery magnitude of g = 17.09..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with PGC3096594; a G=15.63 mag AGN found in the MILLIQUAS/GAIA/PS1/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.1" (0.1 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.049 implies a m - M = 36.69.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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