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Supernova SN2010F discovered

Tue, 12 Jan 2010
6,039 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 27 Jul 2026

The sky on 27 July 2026
Sunrise
05:57
Sunset
19:56
Twilight ends
21:34
Twilight begins
04:19


Waxing Gibbous

98%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:43 11:40 18:38
Venus 09:35 15:50 22:05
Moon 19:09 23:57 04:50
Mars 02:36 09:46 16:56
Jupiter 06:04 13:02 20:00
Saturn 23:16 05:28 11:40
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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