ZTF18acptpir

131.428840, 26.641776

Discovery Date: 2018-11-19 09:10:49 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58441.38
Disc r-Mag: 20.05±0.21
Latest Date: 2018-12-29 10:12:14 UTC
Latest MJD: 58481.43
Latest r-Mag: 19.85±0.16
Peak Mag 19.09±0.09 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-03 10:57:43
Peak MJD 58455.46
Detection Count 12 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 08:45:42.922, 26:38:30.394
Galactic Coords 198.352749, 35.795356
Ecliptic Coords 126.708090, 8.327420

Transient Name Server

AT2018iyy

The transient was discovered on 19th November 2018 at 09:10:48 (MJD 58441.38) by ZTF as ZTF18acptpir with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.42..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ084543.24%2B263836.5; an r=18.81 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 6.14 arcsec S, 4.38 arcsec W from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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