Supernova SN2012au discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC4790

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4790. It has received the designation SN2012au.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ib event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h54m50s; declination 10°14'S.

The sky on 27 Apr 2024

The sky on 27 April 2024
Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
19:39
Twilight ends
21:27
Twilight begins
03:54


Waning Gibbous

85%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:01 11:21 17:40
Venus 05:25 12:03 18:41
Moon 22:55 03:15 07:31
Mars 04:17 10:12 16:07
Jupiter 06:31 13:42 20:54
Saturn 03:54 09:31 15:08
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: , 2013ApJ...770L..38M, 2019MNRAS.482.1545S, 2016ApJ...821..119C, 2012CBET.3052....2S, 2017csnh.book.....H.

Image credit

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

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