ZTF18achozeq

12.455330, -21.512151

Discovery Date: 2018-11-12 07:03:52 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58434.29
Disc r-Mag: 18.63±0.20
Latest Date: 2019-09-07 09:31:30 UTC
Latest MJD: 58733.40
Latest r-Mag: 19.42±0.14
Peak Mag 18.63±0.20 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-11-12 07:03:52
Peak MJD 58434.29
Detection Count 3 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 00:49:49.279, -21:30:43.742
Galactic Coords 119.095188, -84.371854
Ecliptic Coords 2.409900, -24.598373

Transient Name Server

AT2018ixy

The transient was discovered on 9th November 2018 at 04:31:37 (MJD 58431.19) by ZTF as ZTF18achozeq with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.63..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ00494925-2130435; an r=16.18 mag galaxy found in the NED/PS1 catalogues. It's located 0.1 arcsec (0.1 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.059 implies a m - M = 37.12.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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