ZTF23aacnxyl

57.131080, -0.922277

Discovery Date: 2023-02-09 03:38:46 UTC
Discovery MJD: 59984.15
Disc r-Mag: 20.36±0.25
Latest Date: 2023-02-19 03:57:11 UTC
Latest MJD: 59994.16
Latest r-Mag: 19.33±0.12
Peak Mag 19.33±0.12 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-02-19 03:57:11
Peak MJD 59994.16
Detection Count 4 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 03:48:31.459, -00:55:20.196
Galactic Coords 188.837570, -40.129922
Ecliptic Coords 54.618527, -20.415362

Transient Name Server

AT2023clw

The transient was discovered on 9th February 2023 at 03:38:45 (MJD 59984.15) by ZTF as ZTF23aacnxyl with a discovery magnitude of r = 20.36..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J034831.21-005514.0; an r=18.59 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 6.55" S, 3.47" E (5.8 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.040 implies a m - M = 36.25.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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