Supernova AT2018irv discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC2681

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2681. It has received the designation AT2018irv.

The supernova is reported to be a Type NT event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h53m30s; declination 51°18'N.

The sky on 8 Nov 2018

The sky on 8 November 2018
Sunrise
06:30
Sunset
16:40
Twilight ends
18:15
Twilight begins
04:55


Waxing Crescent

4%

1 day old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:39 13:08 17:38
Venus 04:58 10:14 15:30
Moon 07:15 12:32 17:43
Mars 13:24 18:33 23:43
Jupiter 07:41 12:32 17:24
Saturn 10:26 15:04 19:41
All times shown in EST.

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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