Supernova SN2019dfa discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: IC582

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 582. It has received the designation SN2019dfa.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 09h58m50s; declination 17°49'N.

The sky on 10 Apr 2019

The sky on 10 April 2019
Sunrise
06:10
Sunset
19:19
Twilight ends
20:59
Twilight begins
04:30


Waxing Crescent

27%

5 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:20 11:06 16:51
Venus 05:05 10:46 16:27
Moon 09:34 17:12 00:54
Mars 08:15 15:47 23:19
Jupiter 00:31 05:05 09:39
Saturn 02:17 06:56 11:35
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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