Supernova SN2018eqq discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 2536

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 2536. It has received the designation SN2018eqq.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 03h06m50s; declination 41°30'N.

The sky on 3 Aug 2018

The sky on 3 August 2018
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
20:01
Twilight ends
21:56
Twilight begins
03:41


Waning Gibbous

61%

21 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:39 13:20 20:00
Venus 09:33 15:41 21:49
Moon 23:09 05:33 12:07
Mars 20:03 00:20 04:38
Jupiter 13:35 18:41 23:47
Saturn 17:33 22:07 02:42
All times shown in EDT.

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: , 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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