ZTF23abawwbv

119.675522, 15.186222

Discovery Date: 2023-09-04 12:09:59 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60191.51
Disc r-Mag: 18.88±0.14
Latest Date: 2023-09-15 12:15:32 UTC
Latest MJD: 60202.51
Latest r-Mag: 19.32±0.10
Peak Mag 18.59±0.17 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-09-04 12:23:57
Peak MJD 60191.52
Detection Count 35 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 07:58:42.125, 15:11:10.397
Galactic Coords 206.396764, 21.588042
Ecliptic Coords 118.678050, -5.347513

Transient Name Server

AT2023rkl

The transient was discovered on 4th September 2023 at 12:09:59 (MJD 60191.51) by ZTF as ZTF23abawwbv with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.88..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with WISEAJ075842.11%2B151110.3; an r=17.78 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS catalogues. Its located 0.5" (0.8 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host z=0.087 implies a m - M = 37.99.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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