ZTF23abbbybs

12.780794, -5.443699

Discovery Date: 2023-09-04 08:44:08 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60191.36
Disc r-Mag: 19.55±0.22
Latest Date: 2023-09-24 10:16:23 UTC
Latest MJD: 60211.43
Latest r-Mag: 19.47±0.14
Peak Mag 18.99±0.16 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-09-14 10:12:25
Peak MJD 60201.43
Detection Count 14 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 00:51:7.390, -05:26:37.315
Galactic Coords 122.719925, -68.315319
Ecliptic Coords 9.606455, -10.057670

Transient Name Server

AT2023rlg

The transient was discovered on 4th September 2023 at 08:44:09 (MJD 60191.36) by ZTF as ZTF23abbbybs with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.55..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with GALEXASCJ005107.41-052638.1; a 18.41 mag galaxy found in the NED catalogue. Its located 1.3" from the galaxy core.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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