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
07:00
Sunset
18:10
Twilight ends
19:34
Twilight begins
05:36


Waxing Crescent

31%

5 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:47 13:06 18:24
Venus 04:08 10:22 16:37
Moon 12:38 17:32 22:25
Mars 17:47 00:03 06:19
Jupiter 13:14 18:12 23:11
Saturn 13:36 18:38 23:40
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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