Supernova SN2011fh discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC4806

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4806. It has received the designation SN2011fh.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIn event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h56m10s; declination 29°29'S.

The sky on 1 Nov 2025

The sky on 1 November 2025
Sunrise
07:09
Sunset
17:58
Twilight ends
19:23
Twilight begins
05:44


Waxing Gibbous

88%

11 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:12 14:06 19:01
Venus 05:53 11:34 17:16
Moon 15:42 21:38 02:44
Mars 08:41 13:47 18:53
Jupiter 22:50 05:54 12:58
Saturn 16:00 21:52 02:44
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: , 2011CBET.2799....2P, 2017csnh.book.....H, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2008yCat....1.2024B, 2018arXiv180302571S.

Image credit

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

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