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Supernova SN2010F discovered

Tue, 12 Jan 2010
5,931 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3120

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3120. It has received the designation SN2010F.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h05m20s; declination 34°13'S.

The sky on 11 Apr 2026

The sky on 11 April 2026
Sunrise
06:24
Sunset
19:19
Twilight ends
20:47
Twilight begins
04:57


Waning Crescent

33%

23 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:26 11:18 17:09
Venus 07:31 14:19 21:08
Moon 03:12 08:15 13:23
Mars 05:36 11:38 17:39
Jupiter 11:32 18:41 01:51
Saturn 05:55 11:59 18:03
All times shown in PDT.

Source

The data presented here was taken from the Open Supernova Catalog.

The circumstances of this supernova were calculated using data from the following papers: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2012A&A...538A.120L, 2010CBET.2125....1M, 2018arXiv180302571S, 2008yCat....1.2024B.

Image credit

Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

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