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 16 May 2025

The sky on 16 May 2025
Sunrise
05:47
Sunset
19:47
Twilight ends
21:25
Twilight begins
04:09


Waning Gibbous

78%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:08 11:49 18:29
Venus 03:43 09:55 16:07
Moon 23:07 03:47 08:27
Mars 11:19 18:15 01:10
Jupiter 07:37 14:47 21:58
Saturn 03:16 09:13 15:09
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: , 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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