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SN 2005B

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Other designations
  
SN 2005B

Spectral class
  
II

Right ascension
  
17 54 48.8

Constellation
  
Draco

Event type
  
Supernova

Date
  
12 January 2005

Declination
  
+71° 32′ 35″

SN 2005B, the second supernova discovered in 2005, was discovered by amateur astronomer Paul Gray, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, upon reviewing film shot by fellow amateur astronomer David J. Lane, at his backyard observatory in Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was located in the galaxy UGC 11066 in Draco.

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SN 2005B Wikipedia