ZTF23aakbjqx

208.317126, 5.177341

Discovery Date: 2023-05-17 07:14:59 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60081.30
Disc g-Mag: 19.83±0.14
Latest Date: 2023-05-27 08:17:12 UTC
Latest MJD: 60091.35
Latest r-Mag: 18.74±0.10
Peak Mag 18.57±0.09 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-25 06:05:14
Peak MJD 60089.25
Detection Count 10 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 13:53:16.110, 05:10:38.428
Galactic Coords 339.534068, 63.565380
Ecliptic Coords 204.390768, 15.706445

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2023itm

The transient was discovered on 17th May 2023 at 07:14:59 (MJD 60081.30) by ZTF as ZTF23aakbjqx with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.83. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.077.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ13531615%2B0510386; an r=17.70 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. Its located 1.3" (1.9 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.075 implies a m - M = 37.67.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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