ZTF18adaylyq

127.346348, 26.516186

Discovery Date: 2018-12-28 10:09:46 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58480.42
Disc r-Mag: 18.96±0.11
Latest Date: 2019-02-08 05:01:54 UTC
Latest MJD: 58522.21
Latest r-Mag: 19.60±0.15
Peak Mag 18.20±0.06 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-01-10 11:38:18
Peak MJD 58493.48
Detection Count 13 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 08:29:23.124, 26:30:58.270
Galactic Coords 197.276153, 32.252869
Ecliptic Coords 123.176879, 7.275977

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018lak

The transient was discovered on 28th December 2018 at 10:09:46 (MJD 58480.42) by ZTF as ZTF18adaylyq with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.96. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.060.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ08292308%2B2630583; an r=17.30 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. It's located 0.2 arcsec (0.2 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.056 implies a m - M = 37.00.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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