Supernova SN2019vsa discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: IC2995

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 2995. It has received the designation SN2019vsa.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h05m40s; declination 27°56'S.

The sky on 28 Nov 2019

The sky on 28 November 2019
Sunrise
06:53
Sunset
16:25
Twilight ends
18:03
Twilight begins
05:15


Waxing Crescent

5%

2 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:09 10:20 15:32
Venus 09:08 13:37 18:05
Moon 08:57 13:36 18:13
Mars 04:22 09:39 14:56
Jupiter 08:43 13:18 17:53
Saturn 09:59 14:39 19:19
All times shown in EST.

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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