ZTF18acvwhaz

126.400603, 12.198160

Discovery Date: 2018-12-13 12:42:19 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58465.53
Disc g-Mag: 20.34±0.21
Latest Date: 2019-01-03 10:54:19 UTC
Latest MJD: 58486.45
Latest r-Mag: 19.49±0.16
Peak Mag 18.94±0.17 (g-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-23 12:23:15
Peak MJD 58475.52
Detection Count 11 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 08:25:36.145, 12:11:53.375
Galactic Coords 212.290155, 26.345852
Ecliptic Coords 125.745505, -6.838980

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018khc

The transient was discovered on 13th December 2018 at 11:38:11 (MJD 58465.48) by ZTF as ZTF18acvwhaz with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.39. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.107.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSSJ082536.13%2B121153.5; an r=17.61 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. It's located 0.3 arcsec (0.5 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.107 implies a m - M = 38.48.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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