* Astronomy

A magnitude 14.3 supernova, 2008hy, was discovered on the 6th December, 2008, by Tim Puckett, and A. Langoussis in the magnitude 12 type I/P galaxy  IC 334 in the constellation Camelopardalis.
The supernova is located 30" west and 97" north from the center of the galaxy.
As yet the type is unknown.

Position(2000): RA = 03h45m08s.45, Dec = +76°39'55".5
z = 0.008459

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-- Edited by Blobrana at 18:45, 2008-12-07