ZTF18adazgdh

146.377177, 15.351636

Discovery Date: 2018-12-28 10:53:33 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58480.45
Disc r-Mag: 19.38±0.16
Latest Date: 2019-02-09 05:05:42 UTC
Latest MJD: 58523.21
Latest r-Mag: 19.88±0.16
Peak Mag 18.66±0.10 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-01-09 11:29:53
Peak MJD 58492.48
Detection Count 30 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 09:45:30.522, 15:21:5.888
Galactic Coords 218.417831, 45.371668
Ecliptic Coords 143.452456, 1.747606

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2018ldq

The transient was discovered on 28th December 2018 at 11:38:21 (MJD 58480.48) by ZTF as ZTF18adazgdh with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.08. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.077.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSSJ094530.60%2B152105.8; an r=17.17 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. It's located 1.2 arcsec (1.8 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.077 implies a m - M = 37.71.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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