ZTF18abtyyaw

34.753360, -4.373819

Discovery Date: 2018-09-11 10:40:23 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58372.44
Disc g-Mag: 20.32±0.22
Latest Date: 2019-12-29 03:01:16 UTC
Latest MJD: 58846.13
Latest r-Mag: 19.88±0.18
Peak Mag 19.88±0.18 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-12-29 03:01:16
Peak MJD 58846.13
Detection Count 3 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 02:19:0.806, -04:22:25.750
Galactic Coords 169.337757, -59.111569
Ecliptic Coords 30.943931, -17.221160

Transient Name Server

AT2018lse

The transient was discovered on 8th September 2018 at 11:25:43 (MJD 58369.48) by ZTF as ZTF18abtyyaw with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.39..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ02190080-0422256; a 16.53 mag galaxy found in the NED catalogue. It's located 0.3 arcsec (0.3 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.043 implies a m - M = 36.38.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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