Supernova ASASSN-15ak discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 110

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 110. It has received the designation ASASSN-15ak.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia Pec event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 00h12m00s; declination 26°23'N.

The sky on 1 Feb 2026

The sky on 1 February 2026
Sunrise
06:47
Sunset
17:21
Twilight ends
18:47
Twilight begins
05:21


Waxing Gibbous

99%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:21 12:38 17:55
Venus 07:14 12:30 17:47
Moon 17:26 00:27 07:21
Mars 06:35 11:42 16:50
Jupiter 15:07 22:15 05:24
Saturn 09:05 15:00 20:56
All times shown in PST.

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: , 2015ATel.6892....1D, 2015ATel.6899....1T, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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