ZTF23abauocu

329.143923, 28.181692

Discovery Date: 2023-08-31 07:04:42 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60187.29
Disc r-Mag: 19.96±0.33
Latest Date: 2023-09-19 07:20:54 UTC
Latest MJD: 60206.31
Latest g-Mag: 20.45±0.20
Peak Mag 19.65±0.11 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-09-07 06:33:53
Peak MJD 60194.27
Detection Count 12 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 21:56:34.541, 28:10:54.092
Galactic Coords 82.336194, -20.588995
Ecliptic Coords 343.306811, 37.815940

Transient Name Server

AT2023rkn

The transient was discovered on 31st August 2023 at 07:04:42 (MJD 60187.29) by ZTF as ZTF23abauocu with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.96..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J215634.54+281053.8; an r=19.36 mag galaxy found in the SDSS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.13" N, 0.01" E from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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