ZTF23aadbtct

208.248721, 15.923382

Discovery Date: 2023-03-13 09:57:52 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60016.42
Disc g-Mag: 19.50±0.15
Latest Date: 2023-03-18 10:39:35 UTC
Latest MJD: 60021.44
Latest r-Mag: 19.40±0.14
Peak Mag 19.31±0.13 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-03-18 08:41:23
Peak MJD 60021.36
Detection Count 4 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 13:52:59.693, 15:55:24.174
Galactic Coords 357.945760, 71.851566
Ecliptic Coords 200.007873, 25.642636

Transient Name Server

AT2023dnq

The transient was discovered on 13th March 2023 at 09:57:36 (MJD 60016.42) by ZTF as ZTF23aadbtct with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.50..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J135259.67+155524.1; an r=17.85 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. Its located 0.3" (0.6 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.111 implies a m - M = 38.56.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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