ZTF18adbadic

252.178703, 48.699762

Discovery Date: 2018-12-28 12:45:24 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58480.53
Disc g-Mag: 18.54±0.11
Latest Date: 2019-04-07 11:17:13 UTC
Latest MJD: 58580.47
Latest r-Mag: 19.74±0.19
Peak Mag 18.28±0.14 (r-band)
Peak Date 2019-01-09 11:52:48
Peak MJD 58492.50
Detection Count 12 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 16:48:42.889, 48:41:59.142
Galactic Coords 75.152177, 39.962389
Ecliptic Coords 233.963768, 69.918660

Transient Name Server

SN II SN2018kwd

The transient was discovered on 25th December 2018 at 21:14:24 (MJD 58477.89) by GaiaAlerts as Gaia18dzm with a discovery magnitude of G = 18.17. It was subsequently classified as a SN II at z = 0.026.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 166432521774199128; an r=22.85 mag galaxy found in the PS1 catalogue. It's located 3.87 arcsec N, 3.35 arcsec E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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