☰
In-The-Sky.org
✕

Supernova SN2011ao discovered

Wed, 02 Mar 2011
4,884 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: IC2973

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 2973. It has received the designation SN2011ao.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h53m50s; declination 33°21'N.

The sky on 16 Jul 2024

The sky on 16 July 2024
Sunrise
05:31
Sunset
20:23
Twilight ends
22:23
Twilight begins
03:30


Waxing Gibbous

79%

11 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:47 14:44 21:40
Venus 06:28 13:46 21:04
Moon 16:14 20:56 01:32
Mars 01:40 08:52 16:04
Jupiter 02:28 09:52 17:15
Saturn 22:55 04:36 10:17
All times shown in EDT.

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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2015ApJS..220....9F, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2011CBET.2669....2S, 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

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

Share

© Dominic Ford 2011–2024.

For more information including contact details, click here.
Our privacy policy is here.
Last updated: 15 Jul 2024, 18:32 UTC
Website designed by .