ZTF23abbsxzs

72.944140, 38.936132

Discovery Date: 2023-09-08 11:48:19 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60195.49
Disc r-Mag: 19.29±0.09
Latest Date: 2023-09-27 12:00:24 UTC
Latest MJD: 60214.50
Latest r-Mag: 19.30±0.11
Peak Mag 18.99±0.08 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-09-15 11:44:05
Peak MJD 60202.49
Detection Count 13 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 04:51:46.594, 38:56:10.076
Galactic Coords 165.415059, -3.364413
Ecliptic Coords 76.248636, 16.307558

Transient Name Server

AT2023rtq

The transient was discovered on 8th September 2023 at 11:48:19 (MJD 60195.49) by ZTF as ZTF23abbsxzs with a discovery magnitude of r = 19.29..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with 04514426+3856227; a J=11.83 mag galaxy found in the 2MASS/LASR catalogues. Its located 12.71" S, 27.34" E (8.0 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host z=0.013 implies a m - M = 33.76.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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