Supernova SN2012cg discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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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 25 Jul 2026

The sky on 25 July 2026
Sunrise
05:55
Sunset
19:58
Twilight ends
21:36
Twilight begins
04:17


Waxing Gibbous

91%

12 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:50 11:46 18:42
Venus 09:33 15:51 22:08
Moon 17:35 22:15 02:55
Mars 02:38 09:48 16:58
Jupiter 06:10 13:08 20:06
Saturn 23:24 05:36 11:47
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: , 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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