Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

Supernova SN2018gv discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC2525
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2525. It has received the designation SN2018gv.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h05m30s; declination 11°26'S.

The sky on 14 Jan 2018

The sky on 14 January 2018
Sunrise
07:50
Sunset
17:29
Twilight ends
19:05
Twilight begins
06:14

27-day old moon
Waning Crescent

1%

27 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:36 11:15 15:54
Venus 08:01 12:46 17:30
Moon 05:44 10:46 15:45
Mars 03:15 08:17 13:18
Jupiter 02:56 08:02 13:09
Saturn 06:25 11:07 15:49
All times shown in EST.

Source

The data presented here was taken from the Open Supernova Catalog.

The circumstances of this supernova were calculated using data from the following papers: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

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