ZTF23abbalbi

296.191235, -19.386481

Discovery Date: 2023-08-23 05:02:56 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60179.21
Disc g-Mag: 20.42±0.28
Latest Date: 2023-09-08 05:31:34 UTC
Latest MJD: 60195.23
Latest r-Mag: 19.63±0.20
Peak Mag 19.36±0.23 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-08-30 06:01:57
Peak MJD 60186.25
Detection Count 5 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 19:44:45.896, -19:23:11.330
Galactic Coords 20.864053, -20.178394
Ecliptic Coords 294.617518, 1.842387

Transient Name Server

AT2023rmq

The transient was discovered on 23rd August 2023 at 05:02:24 (MJD 60179.21) by ZTF as ZTF23abbalbi with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.42..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 19444591-1923111; a J=16.25 mag galaxy found in the 2MASS/PS1/GAIA catalogues. Its located 0.39" S, 0.26" W from the galaxy centre.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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