ZTF23aakqcen

230.219405, 23.336007

Discovery Date: 2023-05-16 06:57:07 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60080.29
Disc g-Mag: 18.47±0.22
Latest Date: 2023-05-20 06:56:35 UTC
Latest MJD: 60084.29
Latest r-Mag: 19.08±0.11
Peak Mag 18.47±0.22 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-16 06:57:07
Peak MJD 60080.29
Detection Count 2 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:20:52.657, 23:20:9.626
Galactic Coords 34.962872, 56.114782
Ecliptic Coords 219.819889, 40.099798

Transient Name Server

AT2023izo

The transient was discovered on 16th May 2023 at 06:57:07 (MJD 60080.29) by ZTF as ZTF23aakqcen with a discovery magnitude of g = 18.47..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ15205268%2B2320102; an r=16.73 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS catalogues. Its located 0.4" (0.8 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host distance of 387.0 Mpc(z=0.100) implies a m - M = 37.94.

Difference Image Lightcurve

Access the data from this plot in the ZTF Alert Packet Data table below.