Supernova AT2019gcm discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: IC1008

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 1008. It has received the designation AT2019gcm.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 14h23m40s; declination 28°20'N.

The sky on 25 May 2019

The sky on 25 May 2019
Sunrise
05:24
Sunset
20:13
Twilight ends
22:13
Twilight begins
03:25


Waning Gibbous

59%

21 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:39 13:09 20:39
Venus 04:28 11:22 18:16
Moon 01:11 06:14 11:23
Mars 07:29 15:06 22:43
Jupiter 21:26 02:04 06:43
Saturn 23:25 04:07 08:50
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: , .

Image credit

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

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