ZTF18abtcdfv

12.526865, 39.956909

Discovery Date: 2018-09-06 09:17:47 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58367.39
Disc r-Mag: 20.20±0.14
Latest Date: 2018-09-27 06:19:41 UTC
Latest MJD: 58388.26
Latest r-Mag: 19.74±0.18
Peak Mag 19.52±0.09 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-09-15 08:55:48
Peak MJD 58376.37
Detection Count 14 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 00:50:6.448, 39:57:24.873
Galactic Coords 122.655120, -22.914126
Ecliptic Coords 28.601184, 31.539334

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018lpp

The transient was discovered on 3rd September 2018 at 00:00:00 (MJD 58364.00) by ZTF as ZTF18abtcdfv with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.57. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.140.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J005006.37+395724.6; an r=23.03 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. It's located 0.19 arcsec N, 0.80 arcsec E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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