ZTF23aakugkx

231.781580, 13.850929

Discovery Date: 2023-05-20 08:04:40 UTC

Discovery MJD: 60084.34

Disc g-Mag: 19.92±0.32

Latest Date: 2023-05-20 09:25:02 UTC

Latest MJD: 60084.39

Latest r-Mag: 19.40±0.15

Peak Mag	19.40±0.15 (r-band)
Peak Date	2023-05-20 09:25:02
Peak MJD	60084.39
Detection Count	2 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	15:27:7.579, 13:51:3.343
Galactic Coords	20.777282, 51.392466
Ecliptic Coords	225.188664, 31.538507

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Transient Name Server

AT2023iyf

The transient was discovered on 20th May 2023 at 08:05:16 (MJD 60084.34) by ZTF as ZTF23aakugkx with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.92..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSS J152707.53+135103.4; an r=18.75 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. Its located 0.4" (1.9 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.325 implies a m - M = 41.16.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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