Supernova SN2019fya discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC7549

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7549. It has received the designation SN2019fya.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 23h15m10s; declination 19°02'N.

The sky on 24 May 2019

The sky on 24 May 2019
Sunrise
05:25
Sunset
20:12
Twilight ends
22:12
Twilight begins
03:26


Waning Gibbous

68%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:36 13:04 20:31
Venus 04:28 11:21 18:13
Moon 00:39 05:27 10:19
Mars 07:30 15:07 22:45
Jupiter 21:30 02:09 06:47
Saturn 23:29 04:11 08:54
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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