Supernova SN2011iy discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC4984

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4984. It has received the designation SN2011iy.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h08m50s; declination 15°31'S.

The sky on 1 Nov 2025

The sky on 1 November 2025
Sunrise
07:09
Sunset
17:58
Twilight ends
19:23
Twilight begins
05:44


Waxing Gibbous

82%

11 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:12 14:06 19:01
Venus 05:53 11:34 17:16
Moon 15:42 21:38 02:44
Mars 08:41 13:47 18:53
Jupiter 22:50 05:54 12:58
Saturn 16:00 21:52 02:44
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.2943....3Y, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011CBET.2943....1I, 2017arXiv170302402W, 2016ApJ...821..119C.

Image credit

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

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