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 18 Jan 2020

The sky on 18 January 2020
Sunrise
07:13
Sunset
16:51
Twilight ends
18:28
Twilight begins
05:35


Waning Crescent

37%

23 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:43 12:25 17:08
Venus 09:09 14:34 19:59
Moon 01:05 06:38 12:03
Mars 03:55 08:37 13:18
Jupiter 06:11 10:48 15:24
Saturn 06:59 11:42 16:26
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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