Supernova SN2012ei discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC5611

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5611. It has received the designation SN2012ei.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 14h24m00s; declination 33°02'N.

The sky on 16 Dec 2025

The sky on 16 December 2025
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
16:44
Twilight ends
18:13
Twilight begins
05:18


Waning Crescent

8%

26 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:21 10:27 15:33
Venus 06:28 11:24 16:21
Moon 04:01 09:06 14:06
Mars 07:20 12:12 17:05
Jupiter 18:44 01:49 08:55
Saturn 12:02 17:54 23:45
All times shown in PST.

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.3209....1N, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2016ApJ...821..119C, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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