ZTF18acqftbt

131.464401, -7.471844

Discovery Date: 2018-11-20 09:39:10 UTC

Discovery MJD: 58442.40

Disc r-Mag: 17.09±0.07

Latest Date: 2023-04-21 04:08:33 UTC

Latest MJD: 60055.17

Latest g-Mag: 17.47±0.09

Peak Mag	16.66±0.08 (r-band)
Peak Date	2019-03-14 04:30:47
Peak MJD	58556.19
Detection Count	39 (excluding 73 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	08:45:51.456, -07:28:18.637
Galactic Coords	233.819443, 21.295833
Ecliptic Coords	136.182961, -24.510409

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Transient Name Server

AT2018jcx

The transient was discovered on 20th November 2018 at 09:39:10 (MJD 58442.40) by ZTF as ZTF18acqftbt with a discovery magnitude of r = 17.28..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Variable Star

The transient is synonymous with S5QW000620; a B=15.45 mag galaxy found in the GSC/PS1/GAIA catalogues. Its located 0.6" from the galaxy core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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