ZTF18acxewke

180.068033, 4.989412

Discovery Date: 2018-12-24 11:19:28 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58476.47
Disc r-Mag: 19.36±0.16
Latest Date: 2023-05-16 05:39:58 UTC
Latest MJD: 60080.24
Latest g-Mag: 20.44±0.21
Peak Mag 19.36±0.16 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-24 11:19:28
Peak MJD 58476.47
Detection Count 2 (excluding 61 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 12:00:16.328, 04:59:21.883
Galactic Coords 271.828149, 64.725107
Ecliptic Coords 178.073438, 4.603825

Transient Name Server

AT2018kep

The transient was discovered on 12th December 2018 at 12:01:29 (MJD 58464.50) by ZTF as ZTF18acxewke with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.90..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSSJ120016.36%2B045921.8; a 18.80 mag galaxy found in the NED catalogue. Its located 0.9" from the galaxy core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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