ZTF23aakvcbs

231.512249, 18.073494

Discovery Date: 2023-05-16 06:59:09 UTC

Discovery MJD: 60080.29

Disc g-Mag: 16.67±0.04

Latest Date: 2023-05-20 10:45:24 UTC

Latest MJD: 60084.45

Latest r-Mag: 15.29±0.05

Peak Mag	15.29±0.05 (r-band)
Peak Date	2023-05-20 10:45:24
Peak MJD	60084.45
Detection Count	3 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	15:26:2.940, 18:04:24.577
Galactic Coords	26.930723, 53.340874
Ecliptic Coords	223.391079, 35.494909

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Transient Name Server

AT2023jij

The transient was discovered on 16th May 2023 at 06:59:09 (MJD 60080.29) by ZTF as ZTF23aakvcbs with a discovery magnitude of g = 16.67..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with NGC5928; an r=14.43 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS/PS1/LASR catalogues. Its located 1.3" (0.4 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host distance of 59.3 Mpc(z=0.015) implies a m - M = 33.87.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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