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Supernova SN2011B discovered

Thu, 06 Jan 2011
5,349 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 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

53%

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: , 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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