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
07:03
Sunset
17:51
Twilight ends
19:25
Twilight begins
05:29


Waxing Gibbous

95%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:51 13:41 18:31
Venus 07:54 12:42 17:29
Moon 17:17 23:24 05:40
Mars 15:03 19:55 00:46
Jupiter 09:23 14:15 19:07
Saturn 12:23 16:56 21:30
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 paper: , 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

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

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