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
07:57
Sunset
18:30
Twilight ends
20:02
Twilight begins
06:25


Waning Gibbous

50%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 10:00 14:42 19:23
Venus 07:29 12:35 17:42
Moon 23:58 07:21 14:39
Mars 15:21 20:26 01:31
Jupiter 09:39 14:35 19:31
Saturn 12:30 17:11 21:52
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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