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 26 Jul 2026

The sky on 26 July 2026
Sunrise
05:56
Sunset
19:57
Twilight ends
21:35
Twilight begins
04:18


Waxing Gibbous

92%

12 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:46 11:43 18:40
Venus 09:34 15:50 22:07
Moon 18:25 23:07 03:51
Mars 02:37 09:47 16:57
Jupiter 06:07 13:05 20:03
Saturn 23:20 05:32 11:43
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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