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 11 May 2025

The sky on 11 May 2025
Sunrise
05:51
Sunset
19:44
Twilight ends
21:20
Twilight begins
04:16


Waning Gibbous

99%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:05 11:35 18:05
Venus 03:51 10:00 16:09
Moon 19:17 00:24 05:27
Mars 11:27 18:25 01:23
Jupiter 07:53 15:03 22:13
Saturn 03:35 09:31 15:28
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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