Supernova SN2018yu discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1888

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1888. It has received the designation SN2018yu.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 05h22m30s; declination 11°29'S.

The sky on 28 Feb 2018

The sky on 28 February 2018
Sunrise
06:20
Sunset
17:47
Twilight ends
19:10
Twilight begins
04:57


Waxing Gibbous

99%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:51 12:41 18:30
Venus 06:59 12:50 18:41
Moon 16:40 23:28 06:10
Mars 01:37 06:34 11:32
Jupiter 23:27 04:42 09:56
Saturn 02:50 07:49 12:47
All times shown in PST.

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, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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