ZTF18acvguyi

190.264286, 8.072717

Discovery Date: 2018-12-13 12:27:26 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58465.52
Disc r-Mag: 18.73±0.10
Latest Date: 2019-03-05 08:05:06 UTC
Latest MJD: 58547.34
Latest g-Mag: 20.29±0.22
Peak Mag 17.35±0.05 (g-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-30 12:34:02
Peak MJD 58482.52
Detection Count 70 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 12:41:3.429, 08:04:21.782
Galactic Coords 295.102402, 70.786495
Ecliptic Coords 186.209787, 11.479594

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018jtj

The transient was discovered on 13th December 2018 at 12:27:21 (MJD 58465.52) by ZTF as ZTF18acvguyi with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.73. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.045.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ124103.32%2B080417.3; an r=17.39 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 4.29 arcsec N, 1.55 arcsec E (4.3 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.048 implies a m - M = 36.66.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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