Supernova SN2020rcq discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 6930

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 6930. It has received the designation SN2020rcq.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h57m10s; declination 49°17'N.

The sky on 9 Aug 2020

The sky on 9 August 2020
Sunrise
05:54
Sunset
19:59
Twilight ends
21:46
Twilight begins
04:06


Waning Gibbous

68%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:09 12:24 19:39
Venus 02:28 09:45 17:02
Moon 22:45 05:06 11:36
Mars 22:45 05:05 11:24
Jupiter 18:20 22:59 03:37
Saturn 18:47 23:32 04:17
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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