ZTF23aacvmbh

252.913794, 38.126142

Discovery Date: 2023-02-21 11:55:58 UTC
Discovery MJD: 59996.50
Disc r-Mag: 20.31±0.22
Latest Date: 2023-02-21 12:38:35 UTC
Latest MJD: 59996.53
Latest g-Mag: 20.29±0.17
Peak Mag 20.29±0.17 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-02-21 12:38:35
Peak MJD 59996.53
Detection Count 2 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 16:51:39.311, 38:07:34.110
Galactic Coords 61.452739, 39.124176
Ecliptic Coords 242.516348, 59.945645

Transient Name Server

AT2023cjx

The transient was discovered on 21st February 2023 at 11:55:58 (MJD 59996.50) by ZTF as ZTF23aacvmbh with a discovery magnitude of r = 20.31..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J165139.4+380734.9; a J=15.89 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/2MASS/GAIA/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.69" S, 2.06" W (5.6 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.148 implies a m - M = 39.24.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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