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
06:56
Sunset
17:01
Twilight ends
18:30
Twilight begins
05:27


Waning Gibbous

94%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:09 12:03 16:57
Venus 09:04 14:29 19:53
Moon 17:11 00:30 07:45
Mars 03:40 08:43 13:46
Jupiter 06:11 11:07 16:03
Saturn 07:04 12:05 17:06
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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