Supernova SN2013am discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: M65

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3623. It has received the designation SN2013am.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h18m50s; declination 13°03'N.

The sky on 18 Oct 2025

The sky on 18 October 2025
Sunrise
06:57
Sunset
18:13
Twilight ends
19:37
Twilight begins
05:33


Waning Crescent

6%

27 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:47 13:56 19:06
Venus 05:25 11:25 17:26
Moon 04:25 10:40 16:47
Mars 08:48 14:02 19:16
Jupiter 23:41 06:46 13:50
Saturn 16:57 22:50 04:42
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: , 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2014ApJ...797....5Z, 2014arXiv1409.3400Z, 2019MNRAS.490.2799D, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B.

Image credit

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

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