ZTF18acsptko

134.420964, 19.637481

Discovery Date: 2018-12-03 11:59:27 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58455.50
Disc r-Mag: 19.96±0.17
Latest Date: 2019-01-03 11:22:07 UTC
Latest MJD: 58486.47
Latest r-Mag: 20.46±0.21
Peak Mag 19.49±0.11 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-12 12:34:17
Peak MJD 58464.52
Detection Count 11 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 08:57:41.031, 19:38:14.931
Galactic Coords 207.641670, 36.297585
Ecliptic Coords 131.281867, 2.336075

Transient Name Server

AT2018jvl

The transient was discovered on 3rd December 2018 at 10:57:02 (MJD 58455.46) by ZTF as ZTF18acsptko with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.49..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 2MASXJ08574066%2B1938198; a J=15.05 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 4.96 arcsec S, 5.23 arcsec E (15.9 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.123 implies a m - M = 38.79.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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