ZTF18aamzgzi

223.568508, 42.558007

Discovery Date: 2018-06-07 06:47:09 UTC
Discovery MJD: 58276.28
Disc r-Mag: 17.52±0.05
Latest Date: 2023-02-21 11:21:32 UTC
Latest MJD: 59996.47
Latest g-Mag: 17.02±0.04
Peak Mag 15.26±0.03 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-01-27 10:54:34
Peak MJD 59971.45
Detection Count 12 (excluding 40 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 14:54:16.442, 42:33:28.824
Galactic Coords 72.709381, 60.695345
Ecliptic Coords 200.236789, 55.332638

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2023bch

The transient was discovered on 30th January 2023 at 09:07:12 (MJD 59974.38) by ASAS-SN as ASASSN-23am with a discovery magnitude of r = 15.40. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.018.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with NGC5784; an r=14.23 mag galaxy found in the NED/NED_D/PS1/LASR catalogues. Its located 0.7" (0.3 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host distance of 81.6 Mpc(z=0.018) implies a m - M = 34.56.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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