Supernova SN2013fs discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC7610

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7610. It has received the designation SN2013fs.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II P event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 23h19m40s; declination 10°11'N.

The sky on 12 Apr 2026

The sky on 12 April 2026
Sunrise
06:22
Sunset
19:20
Twilight ends
20:48
Twilight begins
04:55


Waning Crescent

23%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:26 11:19 17:11
Venus 07:31 14:20 21:10
Moon 03:45 09:02 14:26
Mars 05:34 11:37 17:39
Jupiter 11:29 18:38 01:47
Saturn 05:51 11:55 18:00
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: , 2016MNRAS.459.3939V, 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2016ApJ...820...33R, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016arXiv160708526C.

Image credit

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

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