Supernova SN2012ah discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC7637

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7637. It has received the designation SN2012ah.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 23h25m50s; declination 81°54'S.

The sky on 16 May 2025

The sky on 16 May 2025
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
20:40
Twilight ends
22:32
Twilight begins
04:22


Waning Gibbous

79%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:39 12:28 19:17
Venus 04:20 10:35 16:49
Moon 00:06 04:21 08:38
Mars 11:46 18:55 02:04
Jupiter 08:00 15:28 22:55
Saturn 03:58 09:53 15:48
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: , 2012CBET.3028....2D, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2012CBET.3028....1B, 2011ApJ...737..103S, 2008yCat....1.2024B.

Image credit

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

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