ZTF23aakyoji

205.537302, 0.870812

Discovery Date: 2023-05-21 06:55:11 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60085.29
Disc r-Mag: 20.50±0.22
Latest Date: 2023-05-27 08:17:12 UTC
Latest MJD: 60091.35
Latest r-Mag: 19.35±0.12
Peak Mag 19.35±0.12 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-27 08:17:12
Peak MJD 60091.35
Detection Count 4 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 13:42:8.953, 00:52:14.923
Galactic Coords 329.899253, 61.059125
Ecliptic Coords 203.347405, 10.684759

Transient Name Server

AT2023jkp

The transient was discovered on 21st May 2023 at 06:54:43 (MJD 60085.29) by ZTF as ZTF23aakyoji with a discovery magnitude of r = 20.50..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with SDSSJ134208.99%2B005214.4; an r=17.50 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. Its located 0.7" (1.2 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.088 implies a m - M = 38.01.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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