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 27 Aug 2025

The sky on 27 August 2025
Sunrise
06:19
Sunset
19:24
Twilight ends
20:52
Twilight begins
04:51


Waxing Crescent

26%

4 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:06 11:54 18:42
Venus 03:46 10:44 17:43
Moon 10:37 16:07 21:29
Mars 09:24 15:14 21:04
Jupiter 02:32 09:40 16:47
Saturn 20:35 02:32 08:29
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: , 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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