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Supernova SN2013cj discovered

Thu, 09 May 2013
4,557 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: UGC 10685

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 10685. It has received the designation SN2013cj.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIn event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 17h04m50s; declination 12°55'N.

The sky on 31 Oct 2025

The sky on 31 October 2025
Sunrise
07:08
Sunset
17:59
Twilight ends
19:24
Twilight begins
05:43


Waxing Gibbous

71%

10 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:11 14:07 19:02
Venus 05:51 11:34 17:17
Moon 15:13 20:51 02:37
Mars 08:42 13:48 18:55
Jupiter 22:53 05:57 13:02
Saturn 16:04 21:56 03:48
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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2013CBET.3520....1J, 2018arXiv180302571S, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2008yCat....1.2024B.

Image credit

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

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