Supernova AT2019bpu discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 4551

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 4551. It has received the designation AT2019bpu.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Candidate event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h44m00s; declination 49°47'N.

The sky on 6 Mar 2019

The sky on 6 March 2019
Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
17:48
Twilight ends
19:20
Twilight begins
04:46


Waxing Crescent

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30 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:36 12:48 19:01
Venus 04:32 09:28 14:24
Moon 06:42 12:11 17:47
Mars 08:35 15:38 22:42
Jupiter 01:45 06:23 11:02
Saturn 03:33 08:14 12:56
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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