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
06:29
Sunset
20:43
Twilight ends
22:31
Twilight begins
04:41


Waning Gibbous

61%

21 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:29 14:07 20:45
Venus 10:21 16:28 22:36
Moon 00:03 06:22 12:49
Mars 20:41 01:08 05:34
Jupiter 14:18 19:29 00:39
Saturn 18:13 22:55 03:36
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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