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Supernova SN2012fg discovered

Sun, 07 Oct 2012
4,760 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC2857

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2857. It has received the designation SN2012fg.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIb event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 09h24m30s; declination 49°21'N.

The sky on 19 Oct 2025

The sky on 19 October 2025
Sunrise
06:58
Sunset
18:12
Twilight ends
19:36
Twilight begins
05:34


Waning Crescent

1%

28 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:50 13:58 19:06
Venus 05:27 11:26 17:25
Moon 05:22 11:20 17:10
Mars 08:48 14:01 19:15
Jupiter 23:37 06:42 13:46
Saturn 16:53 22:46 04:38
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: , 2012CBET.3253....3S, 2017MNRAS.467..369S, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2012CBET.3253....1L, 2012PASP..124..668Y.

Image credit

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

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