Supernova SN2011aa discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: UGC 3906

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 3906. It has received the designation SN2011aa.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia Pec? event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 07h36m40s; declination 74°26'N.

The sky on 4 Jul 2025

The sky on 4 July 2025
Sunrise
05:43
Sunset
20:06
Twilight ends
21:50
Twilight begins
03:59


Waxing Gibbous

71%

9 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:49 14:43 21:37
Venus 03:00 09:53 16:45
Moon 14:59 20:17 01:28
Mars 10:18 16:45 23:12
Jupiter 05:12 12:23 19:33
Saturn 00:11 06:10 12:08
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.2653....3G, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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