Supernova SN2020uxz discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC514

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 514. It has received the designation SN2020uxz.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 01h24m00s; declination 12°55'N.

The sky on 5 Oct 2020

The sky on 5 October 2020
Sunrise
06:51
Sunset
18:27
Twilight ends
19:59
Twilight begins
05:20


Waning Gibbous

87%

18 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:10 14:11 19:11
Venus 03:32 10:14 16:56
Moon 20:04 03:05 10:17
Mars 19:03 01:27 07:51
Jupiter 14:32 19:10 23:48
Saturn 14:57 19:41 00:24
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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