ZTF23abbmvey

241.589730, 17.286954

Discovery Date: 2023-08-17 04:43:01 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60173.20
Disc g-Mag: 20.59±0.23
Latest Date: 2023-09-08 04:41:01 UTC
Latest MJD: 60195.20
Latest r-Mag: 19.79±0.17
Peak Mag 19.79±0.17 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-09-08 04:41:01
Peak MJD 60195.20
Detection Count 11 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 16:06:21.535, 17:17:13.036
Galactic Coords 31.118925, 44.108715
Ecliptic Coords 235.146140, 37.351465

Transient Name Server

AT2023rsb

The transient was discovered on 17th August 2023 at 04:43:40 (MJD 60173.20) by ZTF as ZTF23abbmvey with a discovery magnitude of g = 20.59..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with SDSSJ160621.78%2B171711.3; an r=19.22 mag galaxy found in the NED/SDSS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 1.76" N, 3.34" W (3.0 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.040 implies a m - M = 36.22.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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