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Supernova SN2012A discovered

Fri, 06 Jan 2012
5,046 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3239

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3239. It has received the designation SN2012A.

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

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h25m00s; declination 17°09'N.

The sky on 31 Oct 2025

The sky on 31 October 2025
Sunrise
07:08
Sunset
17:59
Twilight ends
19:24
Twilight begins
05:43


Waxing Gibbous

78%

10 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:11 14:07 19:02
Venus 05:51 11:34 17:17
Moon 15:13 20:51 02:37
Mars 08:42 13:48 18:55
Jupiter 22:53 05:57 13:02
Saturn 16:04 21:56 03:48
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.2799D, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2017MNRAS.467..369S, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2012CBET.2974....3S.

Image credit

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

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