ZTF23aaldzxz

233.567591, -0.196224

Discovery Date: 2023-05-20 09:06:50 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60084.38
Disc r-Mag: 20.01±0.22
Latest Date: 2023-05-28 09:40:04 UTC
Latest MJD: 60092.40
Latest r-Mag: 18.94±0.09
Peak Mag 18.94±0.09 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-05-28 09:40:04
Peak MJD 60092.40
Detection Count 9 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 15:34:16.222, -00:11:46.408
Galactic Coords 4.800658, 42.305443
Ecliptic Coords 231.234046, 18.474995

Transient Name Server

AT2023jes

The transient was discovered on 20th May 2023 at 09:06:50 (MJD 60084.38) by ZTF as ZTF23aaldzxz with a discovery magnitude of r = 20.01..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 2MASXJ15341580-0011436; a J=14.14 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 2.76" S, 6.20" E (8.8 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.068 implies a m - M = 37.43.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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