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Supernova SN2012cg discovered

Thu, 17 May 2012
4,433 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC4424

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4424. It has received the designation SN2012cg.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h27m10s; declination 9°25'N.

The sky on 6 Jul 2024

The sky on 6 July 2024
Sunrise
05:24
Sunset
20:28
Twilight ends
22:33
Twilight begins
03:18


Waxing Crescent

2%

1 day old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:11 14:29 21:47
Venus 06:06 13:34 21:02
Moon 05:36 13:39 21:34
Mars 01:58 09:02 16:07
Jupiter 03:00 10:22 17:45
Saturn 23:35 05:16 10:57
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2018PASP..130f4101V.

Image credit

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

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