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 7 Sep 2025

The sky on 7 September 2025
Sunrise
06:27
Sunset
19:09
Twilight ends
20:34
Twilight begins
05:01


Waning Gibbous

99%

15 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:02 12:31 19:00
Venus 04:06 10:55 17:45
Moon 18:50 00:27 06:14
Mars 09:15 14:57 20:39
Jupiter 01:58 09:05 16:12
Saturn 19:50 01:46 07:42
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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