Supernova SN2011ht discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 5460

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 5460. It has received the designation SN2011ht.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIn event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h08m10s; declination 51°50'N.

The sky on 2 Sep 2025

The sky on 2 September 2025
Sunrise
06:25
Sunset
19:18
Twilight ends
20:45
Twilight begins
04:58


Waxing Gibbous

82%

10 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:37 12:16 18:55
Venus 03:58 10:52 17:47
Moon 16:23 21:03 01:46
Mars 09:21 15:06 20:52
Jupiter 02:15 09:23 16:30
Saturn 20:13 02:09 08:05
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: , 2012ApJ...760...93H, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2013MNRAS.431.2599M, 2014ApJ...789..104O, 2011CBET.2851....2P.

Image credit

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

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