Zwicky Transient Facility

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Young stellar object 30% confidence

A newborn star still gathering gas and dust.

First detected: 2018-09-25 10:55 UTC; 8 years ago
Last detected: 2026-11-06 11:40 UTC; 15 h ago
Detections: 315
Position (J2000): 05:19:29.28 +32:41:14.1; 79.87201°, 32.68726°

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

Long-period variable74%
Young stellar object30%

Where in the sky

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