Supernova SN2018htt discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1209

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1209. It has received the designation SN2018htt.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 03h06m00s; declination 15°36'S.

The sky on 31 Oct 2018

The sky on 31 October 2018
Sunrise
07:20
Sunset
17:49
Twilight ends
19:23
Twilight begins
05:47


Waning Crescent

49%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:25 14:03 18:40
Venus 06:52 11:56 17:00
Moon 23:14 06:41 14:02
Mars 14:45 19:47 00:49
Jupiter 09:03 13:56 18:50
Saturn 11:55 16:32 21:10
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.

Image credit

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

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