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SN 1999eu

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Event type
  
Supernova

Date
  
5 November 1999

Right ascension
  
02 46 20.79

Spectral class
  
SN

Constellation
  
Fornax

Other designations
  
SN 1999eu, AAVSO 0242-30

Similar
  
NGC 1097, SN 2005cs, NGC 300, P Cygni, SN 1987A

SN 1999eu was a type IIP supernova that happened in NGC 1097 in the constellation Fornax. It was discovered 5 November 1999, possibly three months after its initial brightening, and is unusually under-luminous for a type II supernova.

References

SN 1999eu Wikipedia