ZTF23aadpgcv

211.088980, 12.157278

Discovery Date: 2023-03-18 08:34:34 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60021.36
Disc g-Mag: 19.69±0.15
Latest Date: 2023-03-18 10:38:54 UTC
Latest MJD: 60021.44
Latest r-Mag: 19.48±0.18
Peak Mag 19.48±0.18 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-03-18 10:38:54
Peak MJD 60021.44
Detection Count 2 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 14:04:21.355, 12:09:26.201
Galactic Coords 355.278631, 67.278181
Ecliptic Coords 204.377905, 23.204319

Transient Name Server

AT2023dkn

The transient was discovered on 18th March 2023 at 08:34:04 (MJD 60021.36) by ZTF as ZTF23aadpgcv with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.69..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J140421.37+120926.5; an r=16.64 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. Its located 0.5" (0.9 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.103 implies a m - M = 38.38.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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