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Supernova SN2012ht discovered

Mon, 17 Dec 2012
4,636 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3447

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3447. It has received the designation SN2012ht.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h53m20s; declination 16°46'N.

The sky on 28 Aug 2025

The sky on 28 August 2025
Sunrise
06:20
Sunset
19:22
Twilight ends
20:50
Twilight begins
04:52


Waxing Crescent

33%

5 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:11 11:57 18:44
Venus 03:47 10:45 17:43
Moon 11:35 16:50 21:57
Mars 09:23 15:12 21:01
Jupiter 02:29 09:36 16:44
Saturn 20:31 02:28 08:24
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: , 2018arXiv180906381B, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2018PASP..130f4101V, 2014ApJ...782L..35Y, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S.

Image credit

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

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