Supernova SN2016aqw discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 6036

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 6036. It has received the designation SN2016aqw.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h55m50s; declination 36°51'N.

The sky on 8 Oct 2025

The sky on 8 October 2025
Sunrise
06:49
Sunset
18:26
Twilight ends
19:49
Twilight begins
05:26


Waning Gibbous

90%

17 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:16 13:42 19:07
Venus 05:05 11:19 17:32
Moon 18:48 01:36 08:35
Mars 08:54 14:14 19:35
Jupiter 00:16 07:21 14:26
Saturn 17:38 23:31 05:25
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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2016ATel.8770....1Z, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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