Supernova SN2018hdp discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 1716

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 1716. It has received the designation SN2018hdp.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ic event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 02h13m40s; declination 4°06'N.

The sky on 8 Oct 2018

The sky on 8 October 2018
Sunrise
06:54
Sunset
18:23
Twilight ends
19:55
Twilight begins
05:22


Waning Crescent

0%

29 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:01 13:25 18:50
Venus 09:24 14:05 18:47
Moon 06:07 12:23 18:29
Mars 15:48 20:31 01:15
Jupiter 10:10 15:07 20:05
Saturn 13:19 17:56 22:34
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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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