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
05:43
Sunset
19:53
Twilight ends
21:33
Twilight begins
04:03


Waning Gibbous

67%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:56 13:03 20:11
Venus 04:39 11:20 18:01
Moon 00:25 05:32 10:43
Mars 07:51 15:06 22:21
Jupiter 21:09 02:07 07:05
Saturn 23:09 04:10 09:11
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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