Supernova SN2020afp discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: IC3900

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 3900. It has received the designation SN2020afp.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h55m40s; declination 27°15'N.

The sky on 17 Jan 2020

The sky on 17 January 2020
Sunrise
06:55
Sunset
17:07
Twilight ends
18:35
Twilight begins
05:27


Waning Crescent

36%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:22 12:22 17:22
Venus 09:01 14:33 20:05
Moon 23:58 05:53 11:41
Mars 03:36 08:37 13:37
Jupiter 05:53 10:50 15:46
Saturn 06:43 11:45 16:46
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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