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
07:30
Sunset
19:07
Twilight ends
20:37
Twilight begins
06:00


Waning Gibbous

87%

18 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:46 14:49 19:53
Venus 04:13 10:53 17:33
Moon 20:45 03:45 10:55
Mars 19:43 02:06 08:29
Jupiter 15:08 19:49 00:31
Saturn 15:33 20:19 01:06
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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