Supernova SN2015as discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 5460

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 5460. It has received the designation SN2015as.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h08m10s; declination 51°50'N.

The sky on 19 Mar 2026

The sky on 19 March 2026
Sunrise
06:55
Sunset
19:02
Twilight ends
20:26
Twilight begins
05:31


Waxing Crescent

1%

0 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:57 11:40 17:23
Venus 07:45 14:03 20:21
Moon 07:12 13:32 20:02
Mars 06:20 12:02 17:44
Jupiter 12:56 20:06 03:15
Saturn 07:18 13:19 19:20
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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2015ATel.8291....1T, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2008yCat....1.2024B, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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