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Supernova SN2018is discovered

Sat, 20 Jan 2018
2,497 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC5054

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5054. It has received the designation SN2018is.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h16m50s; declination 16°37'S.

The sky on 20 Jan 2018

The sky on 20 January 2018
Sunrise
07:06
Sunset
16:42
Twilight ends
18:21
Twilight begins
05:27


Waxing Crescent

11%

3 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:11 10:41 15:12
Venus 07:23 12:06 16:50
Moon 09:12 14:39 20:13
Mars 02:29 07:21 12:13
Jupiter 01:55 06:55 11:55
Saturn 05:24 09:59 14:34
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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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