ZTF18acrflch

46.749482, -6.753925

Discovery Date: 2018-11-26 06:32:02 UTC

Discovery MJD: 58448.27

Disc r-Mag: 18.48±0.07

Latest Date: 2019-01-20 03:04:12 UTC

Latest MJD: 58503.13

Latest r-Mag: 18.69±0.11

Peak Mag	18.31±0.06 (r-band)
Peak Date	2018-12-04 06:04:31
Peak MJD	58456.25
Detection Count	17 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	03:06:59.876, -06:45:14.130
Galactic Coords	186.835889, -51.932689
Ecliptic Coords	42.193666, -23.304470

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Transient Name Server

SN II SN2018jgy

The transient was discovered on 26th November 2018 at 10:45:07 (MJD 58448.45) by ATLAS as ATLAS18zpw with a discovery magnitude of orange = 18.33. It was subsequently classified as a SN II at z = 0.029.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with KUG0304-069; a J=13.91 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 4.34 arcsec N, 2.90 arcsec W (2.7 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.029 implies a m - M = 35.50.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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