ZTF18acyybvg

173.641036, 22.519226

Discovery Date: 2018-12-19 13:02:04 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58471.54
Disc r-Mag: 19.77±0.14
Latest Date: 2019-04-13 05:09:22 UTC
Latest MJD: 58586.21
Latest r-Mag: 19.85±0.18
Peak Mag 18.94±0.21 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-01-22 12:39:09
Peak MJD 58505.53
Detection Count 69 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 11:34:33.849, 22:31:9.212
Galactic Coords 223.527605, 71.980159
Ecliptic Coords 164.987191, 18.100951

Transient Name Server

SN IIP SN2018kkv

The transient was discovered on 19th December 2018 at 13:02:03 (MJD 58471.54) by ZTF as ZTF18acyybvg with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.77. It was subsequently classified as a SN IIP at z = 0.032.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with KUG1131%2B227; a J=13.12 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 3.43 arcsec N, 12.62 arcsec W (7.9 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.031 implies a m - M = 35.68.

Difference Image Lightcurve

Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.