ZTF23abcdfwg

137.250368, 49.963316

Discovery Date: 2023-09-09 11:58:56 UTC
Discovery MJD: 60196.50
Disc r-Mag: 18.18±0.07
Latest Date: 2023-09-13 12:17:27 UTC
Latest MJD: 60200.51
Latest r-Mag: 18.43±0.07
Peak Mag 18.13±0.06 (r-band)
Peak Date 2023-09-09 12:09:52
Peak MJD 60196.51
Detection Count 20 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 09:09:0.088, 49:57:47.938
Galactic Coords 168.759150, 42.259542
Ecliptic Coords 123.817025, 31.921921

Transient Name Server

AT2023say

The transient was discovered on 9th September 2023 at 11:58:33 (MJD 60196.50) by ZTF as ZTF23abcdfwg with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.18..

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Supernova

The transient is possibly associated with CGCG238-014; a J=12.67 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS/2MASS/PS1 catalogues. Its located 0.81" N, 6.80" W (3.0 Kpc) from the galaxy centre. A host distance of 90.9 Mpc(z=0.024) implies a m - M = 34.79.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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