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
05:41
Sunset
19:55
Twilight ends
21:37
Twilight begins
03:59


Waning Crescent

30%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:11 13:24 20:38
Venus 04:38 11:23 18:09
Moon 02:40 08:29 14:24
Mars 07:47 15:02 22:16
Jupiter 20:51 01:49 06:47
Saturn 22:53 03:54 08:54
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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