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Supernova SN2011iy discovered

Thu, 08 Dec 2011
5,016 days ago

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 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: , 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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