Supernova SN2009ip discovered

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 30 Apr 2024

The sky on 30 April 2024
Sunrise
06:30
Sunset
20:25
Twilight ends
22:09
Twilight begins
04:47


Waning Gibbous

51%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:42 12:00 18:18
Venus 06:13 12:53 19:32
Moon 02:24 06:57 11:35
Mars 04:57 10:56 16:55
Jupiter 07:15 14:21 21:27
Saturn 04:28 10:08 15:47
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: , 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

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