Supernova SN2014J discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: M82

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3034. It has received the designation SN2014J.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 09h55m40s; declination 69°40'N.

The sky on 30 Jun 2024

The sky on 30 June 2024
Sunrise
05:21
Sunset
20:29
Twilight ends
22:36
Twilight begins
03:13


Waning Crescent

26%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:41 14:10 21:40
Venus 05:54 13:26 20:58
Moon 01:11 08:04 15:12
Mars 02:10 09:09 16:08
Jupiter 03:19 10:40 18:02
Saturn 23:58 05:40 11:21
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, 2015arXiv151006596G, 2014AJ....148....1Z, 2018PASP..130f4101V, 2019MNRAS.490.3882S.

Image credit

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

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