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Supernova SN2012ec discovered

Sat, 11 Aug 2012
4,347 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1084

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1084. It has received the designation SN2012ec.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II P event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 02h45m50s; declination 7°34'S.

The sky on 6 Jul 2024

The sky on 6 July 2024
Sunrise
05:24
Sunset
20:28
Twilight ends
22:33
Twilight begins
03:18


Waxing Crescent

1%

1 day old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:11 14:29 21:47
Venus 06:06 13:34 21:02
Moon 05:36 13:39 21:34
Mars 01:58 09:02 16:07
Jupiter 03:00 10:22 17:45
Saturn 23:35 05:16 10:57
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, 2016arXiv160708526C, 2019MNRAS.490.2799D, 2013MNRAS.431L.102M, 2012CBET.3201....1M.

Image credit

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

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