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 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

72%

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: , 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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