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
07:32
Sunset
19:03
Twilight ends
20:33
Twilight begins
06:02


Waning Crescent

0%

29 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:38 14:04 19:30
Venus 10:00 14:44 19:29
Moon 06:49 13:03 19:09
Mars 16:23 21:10 01:57
Jupiter 10:46 15:46 20:47
Saturn 13:54 18:35 23:16
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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