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Supernova SN2012Z discovered

Sat, 28 Jan 2012
4,856 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 16 May 2025

The sky on 16 May 2025
Sunrise
05:19
Sunset
19:59
Twilight ends
21:59
Twilight begins
03:20


Waning Gibbous

79%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:47 11:40 18:34
Venus 03:32 09:47 16:03
Moon 23:28 03:32 07:37
Mars 10:52 18:07 01:22
Jupiter 07:05 14:40 22:15
Saturn 03:11 09:05 15:00
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: , 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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