ZTF18acvjnst

231.576094, 8.952439

Discovery Date: 2018-12-24 12:53:27 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58476.54
Disc r-Mag: 16.88±0.04
Latest Date: 2019-04-02 08:02:05 UTC
Latest MJD: 58575.33
Latest g-Mag: 20.37±0.21
Peak Mag 16.70±0.04 (g-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-28 12:36:05
Peak MJD 58480.53
Detection Count 20 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:26:18.263, 08:57:8.781
Galactic Coords 13.914590, 49.192599
Ecliptic Coords 226.553498, 26.782791

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018kji

The transient was discovered on 21st December 2018 at 01:58:01 (MJD 58473.08) by MASTER as MASTER OT J152618.28+085709.2 with a discovery magnitude of Clear = 16.70. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.037.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 2MASSJ15261892%2B0857215; an r=16.88 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 12.45 arcsec S, 9.83 arcsec W (11.1 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.036 implies a m - M = 35.98.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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