Supernova SN2018zz discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC5419

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5419. It has received the designation SN2018zz.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 14h03m30s; declination 33°58'S.

The sky on 2 Mar 2018

The sky on 2 March 2018
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
17:44
Twilight ends
19:16
Twilight begins
04:52


Waning Gibbous

96%

15 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:55 12:47 18:38
Venus 07:01 12:52 18:43
Moon 17:26 00:17 06:58
Mars 01:56 06:33 11:10
Jupiter 23:35 04:35 09:35
Saturn 03:03 07:43 12:22
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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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