ZTF23abauszs

297.637892, -25.919920

Discovery Date: 2023-09-04 05:01:51 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60191.21
Disc g-Mag: 19.07±0.18
Latest Date: 2023-09-19 05:33:28 UTC
Latest MJD: 60206.23
Latest g-Mag: 19.36±0.20
Peak Mag 18.79±0.08 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-09-13 04:31:34
Peak MJD 60200.19
Detection Count 9 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 19:50:33.094, -25:55:11.712
Galactic Coords 14.821941, -23.797148
Ecliptic Coords 294.752644, -4.824472

Transient Name Server

AT2023rnj

The transient was discovered on 4th September 2023 at 05:02:24 (MJD 60191.21) by ZTF as ZTF23abauszs with a discovery magnitude of g = 19.07..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 2MASXJ19503356-2555111; a J=12.67 mag galaxy found in the NED/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.37" S, 6.14" W (8.3 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.075 implies a m - M = 37.67.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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