Supernova SN2020xtz discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC6574

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 6574. It has received the designation SN2020xtz.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 18h11m50s; declination 14°58'N.

The sky on 21 Oct 2020

The sky on 21 October 2020
Sunrise
07:02
Sunset
17:52
Twilight ends
19:26
Twilight begins
05:28


Waxing Crescent

30%

5 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:56 12:59 18:01
Venus 03:55 10:15 16:34
Moon 12:51 17:16 21:41
Mars 17:30 23:52 06:13
Jupiter 13:30 18:05 22:40
Saturn 13:51 18:31 23:10
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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