Supernova SN2018hna discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 7534

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 7534. It has received the designation SN2018hna.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h26m10s; declination 58°18'N.

The sky on 22 Oct 2018

The sky on 22 October 2018
Sunrise
07:00
Sunset
18:09
Twilight ends
19:33
Twilight begins
05:37


Waxing Gibbous

96%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:40 13:49 18:58
Venus 07:42 12:49 17:56
Moon 17:33 23:38 05:49
Mars 14:52 20:02 01:13
Jupiter 09:12 14:23 19:33
Saturn 12:06 17:03 22:01
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 paper: , 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

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

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