ZTF23abbfwla

255.616373, 27.272265

Discovery Date: 2023-09-08 04:39:40 UTC

Discovery MJD: 60195.19

Disc r-Mag: 19.57±0.19

Latest Date: 2023-09-16 04:39:55 UTC

Latest MJD: 60203.19

Latest r-Mag: 19.90±0.13

Peak Mag	19.57±0.19 (r-band)
Peak Date	2023-09-08 04:39:40
Peak MJD	60195.19
Detection Count	4 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	17:02:27.930, 27:16:20.156
Galactic Coords	48.642099, 34.824176
Ecliptic Coords	250.030959, 49.719226

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Transient Name Server

AT2023rtg

The transient was discovered on 8th September 2023 at 04:39:21 (MJD 60195.19) by ZTF as ZTF23abbfwla with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.57..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSS J170227.71+271621.2; an r=20.64 mag galaxy found in the SDSS catalogue. Its located 1.02" S, 2.80" E (2.2 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.037 implies a m - M = 36.06.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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