☰
In-The-Sky.org
✕

Supernova SN2009ip discovered

Tue, 24 Jul 2012
4,727 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC7259

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7259. It has received the designation SN2009ip.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIn event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 22h23m00s; declination 28°56'S.

The sky on 3 Jul 2025

The sky on 3 July 2025
Sunrise
05:42
Sunset
20:07
Twilight ends
21:51
Twilight begins
03:58


Waxing Gibbous

66%

8 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:48 14:43 21:38
Venus 03:00 09:52 16:44
Moon 14:02 19:35 01:01
Mars 10:19 16:47 23:14
Jupiter 05:15 12:26 19:36
Saturn 00:15 06:14 12:12
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: , 2015A&A...579A..40S, 2014ApJ...780...21M, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2015MNRAS.453.3886F, 2013MNRAS.433.1312F.

Image credit

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

Share

© Dominic Ford 2011–2025.

For more information including contact details, click here.
Our privacy policy is here.
Last updated: 03 Jul 2025, 18:17 UTC
Website designed by .