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
05:42
Sunset
19:53
Twilight ends
21:34
Twilight begins
04:02


Waning Gibbous

58%

21 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:59 13:09 20:18
Venus 04:39 11:21 18:03
Moon 01:04 06:19 11:39
Mars 07:50 15:05 22:20
Jupiter 21:05 02:03 07:01
Saturn 23:05 04:06 09:07
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: , .

Image credit

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

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