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Supernova SN2009ip discovered

Tue, 24 Jul 2012
4,679 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 16 May 2025

The sky on 16 May 2025
Sunrise
05:19
Sunset
19:59
Twilight ends
21:59
Twilight begins
03:20


Waning Gibbous

79%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:47 11:40 18:34
Venus 03:32 09:47 16:03
Moon 23:28 03:32 07:37
Mars 10:52 18:07 01:22
Jupiter 07:05 14:40 22:15
Saturn 03:11 09:05 15:00
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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