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Supernova SN2011ja discovered

Sat, 17 Dec 2011
4,575 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC4945

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4945. It has received the designation SN2011ja.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II P event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h05m10s; declination 49°31'S.

The sky on 27 Jun 2024

The sky on 27 June 2024
Sunrise
05:19
Sunset
20:29
Twilight ends
22:37
Twilight begins
03:11


Waning Gibbous

57%

21 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:25 13:58 21:32
Venus 05:48 13:22 20:55
Moon 00:01 05:40 11:31
Mars 02:15 09:12 16:09
Jupiter 03:29 10:50 18:11
Saturn 00:10 05:52 11:33
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: , 2016ApJ...833..231T, 2016MNRAS.457.3241A, 2011CBET.2946....4R, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2011CBET.2946....1M.

Image credit

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

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