NGC 4636 & Supernova 2020ue (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: NGC 4636

NGC 4636 & Supernova 2020ue

This object is an elliptical galaxy located 50 million light years away in the constellation of Virgo at a declination of +3 degrees. This 9.5 magnitude galaxy with a surface brightness of 13.3 spans 7 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to an actual diameter of 100,000 light years.

The mouseover identifies Supernova 2020ue, discovered on January 12, 2020. It was at a magnitude of 11.8 at the time of this image. There is a tiny stellar object just left and below the supernova - I do not know what that is.

I like the juxtaposition of the nearby foreground Milky Way stars, around 500 light years away, with the supernova that is 50 million light years away. Both look about the same level of brightness. In the background are small galaxies which are over 1 billion light years away.

This galaxy is less than one degree from NGC 4665 and makes a good framing pair with it for shorter focal length scopes.

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RA (center)	12h42m49s.862
RA (top/left)	12h43m30s.570
RA (top/right)	12h42m15s.911
RA (bottom/right)	12h42m09s.693
RA (bottom/left)	12h43m23s.796

Dec (center)	+02°41′21″.42
Dec (top/left)	+02°46′31″.46
Dec (top/right)	+02°48′49″.83
Dec (bottom/right)	+02°36′12″.60
Dec (bottom/left)	+02°33′53″.99

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