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 5 Mar 2019

The sky on 5 March 2019
Sunrise
06:14
Sunset
17:51
Twilight ends
19:14
Twilight begins
04:51


Waxing Crescent

0%

29 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:42 12:51 19:01
Venus 04:16 09:26 14:37
Moon 06:04 11:32 17:05
Mars 08:50 15:38 22:27
Jupiter 01:28 06:25 11:23
Saturn 03:16 08:16 13:17
All times shown in PST.

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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