ZTF18aczqzrj

128.817496, 48.317557

Discovery Date: 2018-12-23 12:15:58 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58475.51
Disc g-Mag: 19.08±0.17
Latest Date: 2019-02-12 05:20:01 UTC
Latest MJD: 58526.22
Latest r-Mag: 19.55±0.12
Peak Mag 17.81±0.05 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-01-03 11:16:48
Peak MJD 58486.47
Detection Count 17 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 08:35:16.199, 48:19:3.205
Galactic Coords 171.272971, 36.841618
Ecliptic Coords 118.353252, 28.627447

Transient Name Server

SN Ic SN2018kva

The transient was discovered on 23rd December 2018 at 12:15:50 (MJD 58475.51) by ZTF as ZTF18aczqzrj with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.08. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ic at z = 0.043.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ083516.32%2B481901.4; an r=18.70 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 1.70 arcsec N, 1.20 arcsec W (1.8 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.043 implies a m - M = 36.39.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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