ZTF18aczuooo

195.270716, 26.351025

Discovery Date: 2018-12-28 12:58:58 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58480.54
Disc g-Mag: 19.05±0.14
Latest Date: 2019-05-03 05:04:53 UTC
Latest MJD: 58606.21
Latest r-Mag: 20.63±0.19
Peak Mag 18.83±0.12 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-01-25 11:58:10
Peak MJD 58508.50
Detection Count 29 (excluding 1 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 13:01:4.972, 26:21:3.691
Galactic Coords 13.631125, 87.710708
Ecliptic Coords 182.647732, 30.074300

Transient Name Server

SN IIn SN2018kyv

The transient was discovered on 28th December 2018 at 12:58:58 (MJD 58480.54) by ZTF as ZTF18aczuooo with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.05. It was subsequently classified as a SN IIn at z = 0.094.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ130104.79%2B262103.3; an r=18.65 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 0.32 arcsec N, 2.30 arcsec E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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