Supernova SN2020ftl discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC4277

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4277. It has received the designation SN2020ftl.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h20m00s; declination 5°20'N.

The sky on 2 Apr 2020

The sky on 2 April 2020
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
19:57
Twilight ends
21:31
Twilight begins
05:38


Waxing Gibbous

63%

9 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:23 12:02 17:41
Venus 08:59 16:28 23:56
Moon 13:37 21:10 04:37
Mars 04:14 09:03 13:52
Jupiter 03:44 08:31 13:18
Saturn 04:05 08:57 13:49
All times shown in EDT.

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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