Zwicky Transient Facility

ZTF18aaismmd

Blazar 33% confidence

An active galaxy with its jet pointed almost straight at us.

First detected: 2018-11-15 12:28 UTC; 8 years ago
Last detected: 2026-10-29 13:15 UTC; 3 days ago
Detections: 359
Position (J2000): 12:14:17.64 +14:03:13.0; 183.57351°, 14.05361°

Light curve

No light-curve points stored yet.

Sky Alerts fetches light curves for the most notable objects after each nightly update, so this one may fill in tomorrow. The ALeRCE explorer has the full history now.

Classification

lc_classifier

Active galactic nucleus51%
Blazar33%

Where in the sky

Whole sky, right ascension (hours) across, declination (degrees) up. The dashed curve is the plane of the Milky Way.