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Supernova iPTF14bdn discovered

Tue, 27 May 2014
4,220 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: UGC 8503

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 8503. It has received the designation iPTF14bdn.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h30m40s; declination 32°45'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
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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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2015ApJ...813...30S, 2014ATel.6175....1C, 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

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

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