ZTF23aadjfdu

181.607947, -16.148208

Discovery Date: 2023-03-17 05:24:22 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60020.23
Disc g-Mag: 20.16±0.29
Latest Date: 2023-03-17 08:30:28 UTC
Latest MJD: 60020.35
Latest r-Mag: 19.38±0.14
Peak Mag 19.38±0.14 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-03-17 08:30:28
Peak MJD 60020.35
Detection Count 3 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 12:06:25.907, -16:08:53.549
Galactic Coords 287.460086, 45.367191
Ecliptic Coords 188.024418, -14.149419

Transient Name Server

AT2023dfz

The transient was discovered on 17th March 2023 at 05:24:00 (MJD 60020.23) by ZTF as ZTF23aadjfdu with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.16..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ12062589-1608534; a 16.00 mag galaxy found in the NED catalogue. Its located 0.4" (0.3 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.038 implies a m - M = 36.09.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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