ZTF18acvwbos

214.114680, 65.525155

Discovery Date: 2018-12-13 12:17:31 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58465.51
Disc r-Mag: 17.64±0.06
Latest Date: 2019-04-02 09:38:33 UTC
Latest MJD: 58575.40
Latest r-Mag: 20.12±0.19
Peak Mag 17.09±0.05 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-24 12:41:25
Peak MJD 58476.53
Detection Count 54 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 14:16:27.523, 65:31:30.559
Galactic Coords 109.603681, 49.344895
Ecliptic Coords 156.540779, 68.043263

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018kbe

The transient was discovered on 13th December 2018 at 12:17:16 (MJD 58465.51) by ZTF as ZTF18acvwbos with a discovery magnitude of r = 17.64. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.030.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSSJ141627.51%2B653131.4; a 19.20 mag galaxy found in the NED catalogue. It's located 0.8 arcsec from the galaxy core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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