ZTF23aabfciz

230.300228, 3.864925

Discovery Date: 2023-01-25 12:10:53 UTC
Discovery MJD: 59969.51
Disc g-Mag: 19.94±0.21
Latest Date: 2023-04-15 10:36:32 UTC
Latest MJD: 60049.44
Latest g-Mag: 20.46±0.21
Peak Mag 19.70±0.21 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-03-13 11:07:30
Peak MJD 60016.46
Detection Count 12 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:21:12.055, 03:51:53.730
Galactic Coords 6.521880, 47.371747
Ecliptic Coords 226.750530, 21.542851

Transient Name Server

AT2023ddf

The transient was discovered on 25th January 2023 at 12:11:31 (MJD 59969.51) by ZTF as ZTF23aabfciz with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.94..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with SDSSJ152112.04%2B035153.6; a 18.70 mag AGN found in the NED/MILLIQUAS/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.3" (0.9 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.173 implies a m - M = 39.61.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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