ZTF23aaixkez

10.948553, 41.261543

Discovery Date: 2023-05-08 11:38:11 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60072.48
Disc r-Mag: 19.36±0.19
Latest Date: 2023-06-02 11:17:43 UTC
Latest MJD: 60097.47
Latest r-Mag: 19.61±0.13
Peak Mag 18.80±0.15 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-26 11:32:00
Peak MJD 60090.48
Detection Count 62 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 00:43:47.653, 41:15:41.554
Galactic Coords 121.387206, -21.587280
Ecliptic Coords 28.054874, 33.249528

Transient Name Server

AT2023ioo

The transient was discovered on 8th May 2023 at 11:38:24 (MJD 60072.49) by ZTF as ZTF23aaixkez with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.36..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with MESSIER031; a 4.36 mag galaxy found in the NED_D catalogue. Its located 27.17" S, 713.65" E (2.6 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host distance of 0.7 Mpc implies a m - M = 24.36.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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