Supernova SN2018gv discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC2525

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2525. It has received the designation SN2018gv.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h05m30s; declination 11°26'S.

The sky on 14 Jan 2018

The sky on 14 January 2018
Sunrise
07:14
Sunset
16:47
Twilight ends
18:25
Twilight begins
05:37


Waning Crescent

1%

27 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:01 10:36 15:11
Venus 07:26 12:07 16:48
Moon 05:07 10:05 15:02
Mars 02:39 07:38 12:37
Jupiter 02:20 07:24 12:27
Saturn 05:50 10:28 15:07
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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