ZTF23aakstuf

253.335250, 58.088170

Discovery Date: 2023-05-16 06:49:12 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60080.28
Disc g-Mag: 20.26±0.27
Latest Date: 2023-05-29 10:45:51 UTC
Latest MJD: 60093.45
Latest g-Mag: 20.20±0.17
Peak Mag 19.45±0.11 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-27 09:19:00
Peak MJD 60091.39
Detection Count 17 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 16:53:20.460, 58:05:17.411
Galactic Coords 87.086216, 38.236303
Ecliptic Coords 219.947868, 78.595326

Transient Name Server

AT2023iyx

The transient was discovered on 16th May 2023 at 06:48:57 (MJD 60080.28) by ZTF as ZTF23aakstuf with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.26..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 16532046+5805171; a J=15.37 mag galaxy found in the 2MASS/GAIA/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.16" S, 0.15" E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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