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
06:56
Sunset
17:02
Twilight ends
18:30
Twilight begins
05:27


Waning Gibbous

94%

17 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:11 12:06 17:01
Venus 09:04 14:29 19:55
Moon 18:17 01:29 08:35
Mars 03:39 08:42 13:45
Jupiter 06:08 11:04 16:01
Saturn 07:01 12:02 17:03
All times shown in PST.

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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