Discovery Date: 2018-08-26 05:22:20 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58356.22
Disc r-Mag: 19.83±0.19
Latest Date: 2018-09-16 03:56:06 UTC
Latest MJD: 58377.16
Latest r-Mag: 20.06±0.19

Transient Name Server
SN Ia SN2018lpy
The transient was discovered on 19th August 2018 at 05:38:24 (MJD 58349.24) by ZTF as ZTF18abqbavl with a discovery magnitude of r = 20.55. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.139.
Sherlock Contextual Classification
Prediction: Supernova
The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ170329.48%2B413841.3; an r=19.24 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 1.43 arcsec N, 2.92 arcsec E from the galaxy centre.
Difference Image Lightcurve
Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.