ZTF18acdvqma

163.411394, 14.750010

Discovery Date: 2018-11-05 11:27:25 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58427.48
Disc r-Mag: 19.36±0.18
Latest Date: 2018-11-18 12:33:31 UTC
Latest MJD: 58440.52
Latest r-Mag: 20.09±0.17
Peak Mag 19.36±0.18 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-11-05 11:27:25
Peak MJD 58427.48
Detection Count 3 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 10:53:38.734, 14:45:0.038
Galactic Coords 231.249170, 59.946468
Ecliptic Coords 159.063711, 7.109776

Transient Name Server

AT2018ixb

The transient was discovered on 5th November 2018 at 11:27:24 (MJD 58427.48) by ZTF as ZTF18acdvqma with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.49..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 2MASXJ10533821%2B1444585; a J=13.61 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 1.49 arcsec N, 7.48 arcsec E (7.5 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.055 implies a m - M = 36.96.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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