Supernova SN2020ue discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC4636

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4636. It has received the designation SN2020ue.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h42m40s; declination 2°39'N.

The sky on 12 Jan 2020

The sky on 12 January 2020
Sunrise
07:10
Sunset
16:32
Twilight ends
18:12
Twilight begins
05:30


Waning Gibbous

95%

17 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:27 11:58 16:28
Venus 09:09 14:22 19:34
Moon 17:39 01:14 08:40
Mars 03:53 08:34 13:16
Jupiter 06:25 10:57 15:29
Saturn 07:15 11:54 16:34
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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