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
05:43
Sunset
19:53
Twilight ends
21:43
Twilight begins
03:52


Waning Gibbous

68%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:57 12:15 19:33
Venus 02:16 09:37 16:57
Moon 22:41 04:57 11:23
Mars 22:36 04:56 11:16
Jupiter 18:15 22:50 03:25
Saturn 18:42 23:24 04:05
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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