ZTF23aaagncz

124.022778, 55.806431

Discovery Date: 2023-01-13 06:09:09 UTC
Discovery MJD: 59957.26
Disc r-Mag: 18.59±0.11
Latest Date: 2023-03-18 04:11:19 UTC
Latest MJD: 60021.17
Latest r-Mag: 19.60±0.15
Peak Mag 16.87±0.03 (g-band)
Peak Date 2023-01-25 06:43:13
Peak MJD 59969.28
Detection Count 20 (excluding 0 neg flux detections)
Equatorial Coords 08:16:5.467, 55:48:23.152
Galactic Coords 162.086667, 33.899458
Ecliptic Coords 112.574177, 35.002370

Transient Name Server

SN Ia SN2023qb

The transient was discovered on 13th January 2023 at 06:09:10 (MJD 59957.26) by ZTF as ZTF23aaagncz with a discovery magnitude of r = 18.59. It was subsequently classified as a SN Ia at z = 0.032.

Sherlock Contextual Classification

Prediction: Nuclear Transient

The transient is synonymous with 2MASXJ08160549%2B5548240; an r=16.20 mag galaxy found in the NED_D/SDSS catalogues. Its located 0.2" (0.2 Kpc) from the galaxy core. A host distance of 221.0 Mpc(z=0.031) implies a m - M = 36.72.

Difference Image Lightcurve

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