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Supernova SN2011ja discovered

Sat, 17 Dec 2011
5,007 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 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: , 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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