Supernova SN2014df discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1448

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1448. It has received the designation SN2014df.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ib event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 03h44m20s; declination 44°40'S.

The sky on 27 Jun 2024

The sky on 27 June 2024
Sunrise
05:06
Sunset
20:25
Twilight ends
22:39
Twilight begins
02:52


Waning Gibbous

54%

21 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:12 13:50 21:28
Venus 05:35 13:13 20:51
Moon 23:53 05:31 11:21
Mars 02:04 09:04 16:03
Jupiter 03:16 10:41 18:06
Saturn 00:02 05:43 11:24
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: , 2012CBET.3077....2C, 2016arXiv160708526C, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2008yCat....1.2024B, 2016ApJ...833..231T.

Image credit

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

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