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 Nov 2024

The sky on 25 November 2024
Sunrise
06:45
Sunset
16:14
Twilight ends
17:54
Twilight begins
05:05


Waning Crescent

23%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:26 12:49 17:13
Venus 10:11 14:34 18:58
Moon 01:14 07:25 13:26
Mars 20:30 03:57 11:23
Jupiter 17:01 00:31 08:02
Saturn 12:50 18:21 23:51
All times shown in EST.

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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