ZTF18acwtvhg

22.720845, 33.570817

Discovery Date: 2018-12-19 03:38:08 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58471.15
Disc r-Mag: 19.29±0.17
Latest Date: 2019-01-10 02:57:07 UTC
Latest MJD: 58493.12
Latest r-Mag: 19.67±0.17
Peak Mag 19.10±0.13 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-29 07:12:02
Peak MJD 58481.30
Detection Count 6 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 01:30:53.003, 33:34:14.942
Galactic Coords 132.284209, -28.583592
Ecliptic Coords 33.837256, 22.291927

Transient Name Server

AT2018kkn

The transient was discovered on 19th December 2018 at 03:38:07 (MJD 58471.15) by ZTF as ZTF18acwtvhg with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.82..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J013052.98+333414.6; a J=14.90 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 0.52 arcsec N, 0.41 arcsec E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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