Observations of recently detected SN 2024aecx suggest it's a Type IIb supernova

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Astronomers from the Yunnan University in China and other institutions have carried out photometric and spectroscopic observations of a recently detected supernova designated SN 2024aecx. Results of the observational campaign, published May 26 on the arXiv preprint server, shed more light on the properties of SN 2024aecx, suggesting that it is a Type IIb supernova.