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 25 Aug 2026

The sky on 25 August 2026
Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
19:26
Twilight ends
20:55
Twilight begins
04:49


Waxing Gibbous

94%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:08 12:47 19:26
Venus 09:59 15:36 21:13
Moon 18:20 23:28 04:41
Mars 02:04 09:15 16:27
Jupiter 04:41 11:34 18:27
Saturn 21:20 03:31 09:42
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: , 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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