ZTF18abzylls

339.193730, -12.545292

Discovery Date: 2018-12-17 02:32:43 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58469.11
Disc g-Mag: 17.57±0.06
Latest Date: 2022-10-20 04:35:57 UTC
Latest MJD: 59872.19
Latest r-Mag: 17.79±0.07
Peak Mag 16.22±0.09 (r-band)
Peak Date 2021-08-14 09:07:16
Peak MJD 59440.38
Detection Count 111 (excluding 21 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 22:36:46.495, -12:32:43.053
Galactic Coords 51.057723, -55.293963
Ecliptic Coords 336.091155, -3.518269

Transient Name Server

AT2018kbg

The transient was discovered on 4th December 2018 at 03:33:07 (MJD 58456.15) by ZTF as ZTF18abzylls with a discovery magnitude of r = 17.73..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with MRK0915; an r=14.91 mag AGN found in the NED/MILLIQUAS/PS1/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.2" (0.1 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.025 implies a m - M = 35.19.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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