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Supernova SN2011B discovered

Thu, 06 Jan 2011
5,680 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC2655

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2655. It has received the designation SN2011B.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h55m40s; declination 78°13'N.

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: , 2015ApJS..220....9F, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2011CBET.2625....4B, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2016ApJ...821..119C.

Image credit

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

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