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 3 Jul 2025

The sky on 3 July 2025
Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
20:07
Twilight ends
21:51
Twilight begins
03:58


Waxing Gibbous

60%

8 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:48 14:43 21:38
Venus 03:00 09:52 16:44
Moon 14:02 19:35 01:01
Mars 10:19 16:47 23:14
Jupiter 05:15 12:26 19:36
Saturn 00:15 06:14 12:12
All times shown in PDT.

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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