ZTF23aajkejg

261.586279, 23.662485

Discovery Date: 2023-05-14 08:36:29 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60078.36
Disc g-Mag: 19.91±0.19
Latest Date: 2023-05-27 10:18:00 UTC
Latest MJD: 60091.43
Latest g-Mag: 19.16±0.11
Peak Mag 19.04±0.10 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-21 08:53:02
Peak MJD 60085.37
Detection Count 13 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 17:26:20.707, 23:39:44.944
Galactic Coords 46.479851, 28.604570
Ecliptic Coords 258.715710, 46.772734

Transient Name Server

SN Ia-91T-like SN2023ixy

The transient was discovered on 14th May 2023 at 08:36:29 (MJD 60078.36) by ZTF as ZTF23aajkejg with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.91. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia-91T-like at z = 0.110.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J172620.66+233944.8; a J=16.28 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/2MASS/PS1/GAIA catalogues. Its located 0.02" S, 0.66" E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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