ZTF18adkaffu

169.469491, 29.304553

Discovery Date: 2023-05-15 07:13:18 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60079.30
Disc r-Mag: 19.17±0.19
Latest Date: 2023-05-25 05:39:50 UTC
Latest MJD: 60089.24
Latest r-Mag: 18.61±0.15
Peak Mag 18.61±0.15 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-25 05:39:50
Peak MJD 60089.24
Detection Count 5 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 11:17:52.678, 29:18:16.391
Galactic Coords 201.397257, 69.309430
Ecliptic Coords 158.315302, 22.685271

Transient Name Server

AT2023ins

The transient was discovered on 15th May 2023 at 07:13:17 (MJD 60079.30) by ZTF as ZTF18adkaffu with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.17..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with CGCG156-51; an r=16.25 mag AGN found in the MILLIQUAS/PS1/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.6" (0.3 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.024 implies a m - M = 35.10.

Difference Image Lightcurve

Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.