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
06:37
Sunset
19:01
Twilight ends
20:37
Twilight begins
05:02


Waning Gibbous

74%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:52 11:40 17:28
Venus 05:20 10:36 15:52
Moon 23:21 04:33 09:38
Mars 08:44 16:06 23:27
Jupiter 01:32 06:06 10:40
Saturn 03:18 07:56 12:35
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 paper: , 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

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