Discovery Date: 2018-12-12 12:29:25 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58464.52
Disc g-Mag: 18.48±0.06
Latest Date: 2019-03-30 05:29:25 UTC
Latest MJD: 58572.23
Latest r-Mag: 18.93±0.19

Transient Name Server
SN II SN2018jqy
The transient was discovered on 8th December 2018 at 14:15:21 (MJD 58460.59) by ATLAS as ATLAS18bbqp with a discovery magnitude of orange = 18.55. It was subsequently classified as a SN II at z = 0.034.
Sherlock Contextual Classification
Prediction: Supernova
The transient is possibly associated with 2MASXJ10324763-0012187; an r=18.79 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 1.93 arcsec N, 0.36 arcsec E (1.3 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.034 implies a m - M = 35.87.
Difference Image Lightcurve
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