Supernova SN2012fr discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1365

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1365. It has received the designation SN2012fr.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 03h33m30s; declination 36°07'S.

The sky on 29 Aug 2025

The sky on 29 August 2025
Sunrise
06:21
Sunset
19:21
Twilight ends
20:48
Twilight begins
04:53


Waxing Crescent

36%

6 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:15 12:00 18:45
Venus 03:49 10:46 17:44
Moon 12:34 17:35 22:30
Mars 09:22 15:11 20:59
Jupiter 02:26 09:33 16:41
Saturn 20:27 02:24 08:20
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: , 2018arXiv180310095C, 2013ApJ...770...29C, 2014AJ....148....1Z, 2017MNRAS.472.3437G, 2014arXiv1403.0398Z.

Image credit

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

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