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Supernova SN2010F discovered

Tue, 12 Jan 2010
5,708 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 30 Aug 2025

The sky on 30 August 2025
Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
19:20
Twilight ends
20:47
Twilight begins
04:54


Waxing Gibbous

52%

7 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:20 12:04 18:47
Venus 03:51 10:48 17:44
Moon 13:34 18:23 23:08
Mars 09:21 15:09 20:57
Jupiter 02:23 09:30 16:38
Saturn 20:23 02:19 08:16
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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