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 11 Jan 2020

The sky on 11 January 2020
Sunrise
07:15
Sunset
16:43
Twilight ends
18:21
Twilight begins
05:37


Waning Gibbous

95%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:30 12:03 16:37
Venus 09:17 14:29 19:42
Moon 16:37 00:23 08:05
Mars 03:59 08:44 13:29
Jupiter 06:32 11:09 15:45
Saturn 07:24 12:06 16:49
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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