ZTF23aadcarp

237.691370, 45.495273

Discovery Date: 2023-03-13 10:48:40 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60016.45
Disc g-Mag: 19.95±0.18
Latest Date: 2023-03-13 11:25:15 UTC
Latest MJD: 60016.48
Latest r-Mag: 19.92±0.16
Peak Mag 19.92±0.16 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-03-13 11:25:15
Peak MJD 60016.48
Detection Count 2 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:50:45.929, 45:29:42.981
Galactic Coords 72.478053, 50.141320
Ecliptic Coords 214.745861, 62.873572

Transient Name Server

AT2023dau

The transient was discovered on 13th March 2023 at 10:48:40 (MJD 60016.45) by ZTF as ZTF23aadcarp with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.95..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J155045.82+452943.9; an r=17.41 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. Its located 1.4" (3.0 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.121 implies a m - M = 38.77.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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