ZTF18adbacbh

197.214984, 54.633235

Discovery Date: 2018-12-28 12:20:32 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58480.51
Disc g-Mag: 19.31±0.14
Latest Date: 2019-01-28 09:18:17 UTC
Latest MJD: 58511.39
Latest r-Mag: 20.08±0.17
Peak Mag 19.16±0.11 (g-band)
Peak Date 2019-01-03 13:08:19
Peak MJD 58486.55
Detection Count 14 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 13:08:51.596, 54:37:59.647
Galactic Coords 117.503689, 62.311014
Ecliptic Coords 163.173244, 54.717461

Transient Name Server

AT2018kyx

The transient was discovered on 20th December 2018 at 12:48:05 (MJD 58472.53) by ZTF as ZTF18adbacbh with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.96..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J130851.43+543800.1; an r=21.92 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. It's located 0.51 arcsec S, 1.38 arcsec E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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