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Supernova SN2018aoz discovered

Mon, 02 Apr 2018
2,649 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3923

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3923. It has received the designation SN2018aoz.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h51m00s; declination 28°44'S.

The sky on 2 Apr 2018

The sky on 2 April 2018
Sunrise
06:36
Sunset
19:13
Twilight ends
20:39
Twilight begins
05:11


Waning Gibbous

94%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:22 12:43 19:04
Venus 07:34 14:10 20:47
Moon 20:42 02:28 08:09
Mars 01:52 06:47 11:41
Jupiter 22:14 03:29 08:44
Saturn 01:47 06:46 11:45
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 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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