Supernova SN2013gq discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC2554

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2554. It has received the designation SN2013gq.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h17m50s; declination 23°28'N.

The sky on 19 May 2024

The sky on 19 May 2024
Sunrise
05:16
Sunset
20:03
Twilight ends
22:04
Twilight begins
03:15


Waxing Gibbous

91%

11 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:26 11:07 17:49
Venus 05:08 12:22 19:35
Moon 16:16 22:01 03:37
Mars 03:28 09:47 16:07
Jupiter 05:20 12:37 19:54
Saturn 02:32 08:11 13:50
All times shown in EDT.

Source

The data presented here was taken from the Open Supernova Catalog.

The circumstances of this supernova were calculated using data from the following papers: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2013CBET.3730....1G, 2016arXiv160708526C, 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

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