ZTF23aafarpj

315.765581, 0.823660

Discovery Date: 2023-04-21 10:57:05 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60055.46
Disc g-Mag: 20.05±0.32
Latest Date: 2023-05-26 10:56:23 UTC
Latest MJD: 60090.46
Latest r-Mag: 19.73±0.20
Peak Mag 19.45±0.18 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-04-21 11:14:50
Peak MJD 60055.47
Detection Count 13 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 21:03:3.739, 00:49:25.174
Galactic Coords 50.170935, -28.482713
Ecliptic Coords 318.481411, 16.896744

Transient Name Server

AT2023ipl

The transient was discovered on 21st April 2023 at 10:56:38 (MJD 60055.46) by ZTF as ZTF23aafarpj with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.05..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: AGN

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J210303.75+004925.2; an r=17.66 mag AGN found in the SDSS/VERON catalogues. Its located 0.8" (2.0 Kpc) from the AGN core. A host z=0.137 implies a m - M = 39.05.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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