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 1 May 2024

The sky on 1 May 2024
Sunrise
05:48
Sunset
19:50
Twilight ends
21:37
Twilight begins
04:01


Waning Crescent

47%

23 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:01 11:19 17:38
Venus 05:32 12:15 18:57
Moon 02:28 07:12 12:04
Mars 04:17 10:16 16:16
Jupiter 06:30 13:39 20:48
Saturn 03:47 09:25 15:04
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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