Supernova SN2012du discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC7125

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7125. It has received the designation SN2012du.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 21h49m10s; declination 60°42'S.

The sky on 30 Oct 2025

The sky on 30 October 2025
Sunrise
07:07
Sunset
18:00
Twilight ends
19:25
Twilight begins
05:43


Waxing Gibbous

69%

9 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:11 14:07 19:02
Venus 05:48 11:33 17:18
Moon 14:44 20:04 01:31
Mars 08:42 13:49 18:56
Jupiter 22:57 06:01 13:05
Saturn 16:08 22:00 03:52
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: , 2012CBET.3190....2M, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2012CBET.3190....1B, 2011ApJ...737..103S, 2008yCat....1.2024B.

Image credit

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

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