Supernova SN2012aw discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: M95

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3351. It has received the designation SN2012aw.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II P event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h43m50s; declination 11°40'N.

The sky on 7 May 2024

The sky on 7 May 2024
Sunrise
05:40
Sunset
19:56
Twilight ends
21:46
Twilight begins
03:50


Waning Crescent

0%

29 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:49 11:12 17:34
Venus 05:27 12:19 19:12
Moon 05:07 12:20 19:47
Mars 04:03 10:09 16:15
Jupiter 06:10 13:21 20:32
Saturn 03:24 09:03 14:43
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: , 2014ApJ...787..139D, 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2013NewA...20...30M, 2019MNRAS.490.2799D, 2016ApJ...820...33R.

Image credit

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

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