ZTF18adalhga

215.980949, -11.351068

Discovery Date: 2018-12-24 12:57:23 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58476.54
Disc r-Mag: 18.99±0.16
Latest Date: 2019-02-26 12:05:25 UTC
Latest MJD: 58540.50
Latest r-Mag: 19.45±0.11
Peak Mag 18.98±0.18 (r-band)
Peak Date 2018-12-29 13:03:56
Peak MJD 58481.54
Detection Count 6 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 14:23:55.428, -11:21:3.846
Galactic Coords 336.222334, 45.458481
Ecliptic Coords 217.408868, 2.782824

Transient Name Server

SN II SN2018lbh

The transient was discovered on 24th December 2018 at 12:57:23 (MJD 58476.54) by ZTF as ZTF18adalhga with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.98. It was subsequently classified as a SN II at z = 0.043.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 2MASXJ14235567-1121026; a J=13.77 mag galaxy found in the NED/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. It's located 1.21 arcsec S, 3.63 arcsec W (3.2 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.043 implies a m - M = 36.37.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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