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 25 Aug 2025

The sky on 25 August 2025
Sunrise
06:18
Sunset
19:26
Twilight ends
20:55
Twilight begins
04:49


Waxing Crescent

9%

2 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:59 11:49 18:38
Venus 03:42 10:42 17:42
Moon 08:42 14:45 20:39
Mars 09:26 15:17 21:08
Jupiter 02:38 09:46 16:54
Saturn 20:44 02:40 08:37
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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