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
06:07
Sunset
19:45
Twilight ends
21:18
Twilight begins
04:33


Waning Gibbous

67%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:26 12:23 19:21
Venus 02:45 09:44 16:44
Moon 22:55 05:10 11:33
Mars 22:48 05:04 11:19
Jupiter 17:59 22:57 03:55
Saturn 18:28 23:31 04:34
All times shown in PDT.

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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