Supernova AT2019gbt discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: UGC 4722

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 4722. It has received the designation AT2019gbt.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Candidate event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 09h00m20s; declination 25°36'N.

The sky on 28 May 2019

The sky on 28 May 2019
Sunrise
05:10
Sunset
20:11
Twilight ends
22:18
Twilight begins
03:03


Waning Crescent

31%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:36 13:16 20:56
Venus 04:15 11:16 18:17
Moon 02:36 08:16 14:04
Mars 07:13 14:54 22:35
Jupiter 21:08 01:42 06:17
Saturn 23:08 03:46 08:25
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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