ZTF18acvitwj

237.313970, 17.818798

Discovery Date: 2018-12-24 12:50:10 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58476.53
Disc r-Mag: 18.39±0.08
Latest Date: 2019-02-08 13:08:34 UTC
Latest MJD: 58522.55
Latest r-Mag: 20.22±0.20
Peak Mag 18.39±0.08 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-24 12:50:10
Peak MJD 58476.53
Detection Count 5 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:49:15.353, 17:49:7.672
Galactic Coords 29.710461, 48.102376
Ecliptic Coords 230.032716, 36.832857

Transient Name Server

AT2018juo

The transient was discovered on 12th December 2018 at 11:19:40 (MJD 58464.47) by GaiaAlerts as Gaia18duo with a discovery magnitude of G = 18.00..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ154914.92%2B174912.2; an r=22.23 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. It's located 4.54 arcsec S, 6.18 arcsec E (7.3 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.048 implies a m - M = 36.66.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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