Discovery Date: 2023-03-17 05:13:16 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60020.22
Disc g-Mag: 19.26±0.10
Latest Date: 2023-03-27 08:30:16 UTC
Latest MJD: 60030.35
Latest r-Mag: 16.76±0.03
Transient Name Server
SN II SN2023dbc
The transient was discovered on 13th March 2023 at 06:53:42 (MJD 60016.29) by ZTF as with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.47. It was subsequently classified as a SN II at z = 0.002.
Sherlock Contextual Classification
Prediction: Supernova
The transient is possibly associated with MESSIER108; a W1=10.07 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/LASR catalogues. Its located 2.27" N, 69.74" E (5.1 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host distance of 15.1 Mpc(z=0.002) implies a m - M = 30.89.
Difference Image Lightcurve
Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.