ZTF23abbteqg

140.178540, 39.312015

Discovery Date: 2023-09-08 12:14:36 UTC

Discovery MJD: 60195.51

Disc r-Mag: 18.57±0.08

Latest Date: 2023-09-19 12:23:13 UTC

Latest MJD: 60206.52

Latest r-Mag: 16.88±0.03

Peak Mag	16.88±0.03 (r-band)
Peak Date	2023-09-19 12:19:42
Peak MJD	60206.51
Detection Count	11 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords	09:20:42.850, 39:18:43.255
Galactic Coords	183.302531, 44.938335
Ecliptic Coords	130.063257, 22.592456

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Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2023rto

The transient was discovered on 8th September 2023 at 12:14:36 (MJD 60195.51) by ZTF as ZTF23abbteqg with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.57. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.027.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with NGC2838; a V=10.33 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS/GSC/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 14.06" S, 2.32" W (7.8 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host distance of 119.0 Mpc(z=0.028) implies a m - M = 35.38.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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