ZTF18adacfio

189.358722, -12.319364

Discovery Date: 2018-12-23 11:43:26 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58475.49
Disc r-Mag: 19.32±0.19
Latest Date: 2019-01-19 12:31:30 UTC
Latest MJD: 58502.52
Latest r-Mag: 19.84±0.18
Peak Mag 19.22±0.14 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-24 12:17:24
Peak MJD 58476.51
Detection Count 5 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 12:37:26.093, -12:19:9.709
Galactic Coords 297.561105, 50.406302
Ecliptic Coords 193.455166, -7.617513

Transient Name Server

AT2018ktf

The transient was discovered on 23rd December 2018 at 11:43:27 (MJD 58475.49) by ZTF as ZTF18adacfio with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.22..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Variable Star

The transient is synonymous with S6DT001019; a B=19.41 mag stellar source found in the GSC catalogue. It's located 0.6 arcsec from the stellar source core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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