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 15 Dec 2025

The sky on 15 December 2025
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
16:43
Twilight ends
18:13
Twilight begins
05:18


Waning Crescent

10%

26 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:18 10:25 15:32
Venus 06:26 11:23 16:20
Moon 03:02 08:22 13:35
Mars 07:20 12:13 17:05
Jupiter 18:48 01:54 08:59
Saturn 12:06 17:57 23:49
All times shown in PST.

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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