ZTF18acufqmy

205.910097, -8.234435

Discovery Date: 2018-12-17 13:45:23 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58469.57
Disc r-Mag: 16.27±0.07
Latest Date: 2023-06-05 05:43:15 UTC
Latest MJD: 60100.24
Latest r-Mag: 14.52±0.04
Peak Mag 13.80±0.04 (g-band)
Peak Date 2019-07-04 04:34:16
Peak MJD 58668.19
Detection Count 79 (excluding 196 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 13:43:38.423, -08:14:3.968
Galactic Coords 324.440618, 52.443659
Ecliptic Coords 207.008066, 2.327745

Transient Name Server

AT2020acv

The transient was discovered on 16th January 2020 at 05:38:24 (MJD 58864.24) by GaiaAlerts as Gaia20ahl with a discovery magnitude of G = 14.95..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Cataclysmic Variable

The transient is synonymous with S6SF000235; a B=16.10 mag cv found in the GSC/PS1/GAIA/DOWNES/RITTER catalogues. Its located 0.0" from the cv core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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