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 2 May 2024

The sky on 2 May 2024
Sunrise
05:46
Sunset
19:51
Twilight ends
21:38
Twilight begins
03:59


Waning Crescent

31%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:58 11:17 17:36
Venus 05:31 12:15 19:00
Moon 03:01 08:06 13:21
Mars 04:14 10:15 16:16
Jupiter 06:26 13:36 20:46
Saturn 03:43 09:22 15:00
All times shown in EDT.

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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