Supernova SN2019cec discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC5278

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5278. It has received the designation SN2019cec.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h41m40s; declination 55°40'N.

The sky on 25 Mar 2019

The sky on 25 March 2019
Sunrise
06:49
Sunset
19:09
Twilight ends
20:33
Twilight begins
05:25


Waning Gibbous

73%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:58 11:49 17:40
Venus 05:18 10:46 16:13
Moon 23:28 04:49 10:06
Mars 09:15 16:15 23:16
Jupiter 01:18 06:15 11:13
Saturn 03:05 08:06 13:06
All times shown in PDT.

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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