Supernova SN2011by discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3972

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3972. It has received the designation SN2011by.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h55m40s; declination 55°19'N.

The sky on 13 Jul 2024

The sky on 13 July 2024
Sunrise
05:29
Sunset
20:25
Twilight ends
22:27
Twilight begins
03:26


Waxing Gibbous

53%

8 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:38 14:41 21:44
Venus 06:21 13:43 21:04
Moon 13:00 18:42 00:13
Mars 01:45 08:55 16:05
Jupiter 02:38 10:01 17:24
Saturn 23:07 04:48 10:29
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, 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2015ApJS..220....9F, 2016PASP..128...961.

Image credit

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

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