SN 2026fov

SN 2026fov: magnitude 13.5; in NGC 7292; found 2026-03-14; by Koichi Itagaki.

Position

RA 337.1135°, Dec 30.29846°

Found

2026-03-14

Found by

Koichi Itagaki

Host

NGC 7292

Brightness

magnitude 13.5

Worth looking for until

2026-09-30

A Type II supernova in NGC 7292, in Pegasus — a massive star that ran out of fuel and fell in on itself, which is the other way a star ends. Found by Koichi Itagaki, an amateur in Japan who has discovered more supernovae than most observatories. Well past its best now, around sixteenth magnitude and still slowly dimming: a photographic target rather than a visual one.

SN 2026fov — IAU Transient Name Server

Point Bhagol at it — opens the app if you have it, and this page if you do not.