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Supernova SN2012Z discovered

Sat, 28 Jan 2012
5,241 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1309

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1309. It has received the designation SN2012Z.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia Pec event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 03h22m00s; declination 15°23'S.

The sky on 5 Jun 2026

The sky on 5 June 2026
Sunrise
05:38
Sunset
20:00
Twilight ends
21:43
Twilight begins
03:54


Waning Gibbous

69%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:05 14:23 21:41
Venus 08:12 15:25 22:38
Moon 23:44 04:51 10:04
Mars 03:53 10:38 17:23
Jupiter 08:35 15:41 22:46
Saturn 02:34 08:44 14:54
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: , 2015A&A...573A...2S, 2015ApJ...806..191Y, 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S.

Image credit

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

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