Supernova SN2014dg discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 2855

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 2855. It has received the designation SN2014dg.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 03h48m10s; declination 70°07'N.

The sky on 16 Dec 2025

The sky on 16 December 2025
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
16:44
Twilight ends
18:13
Twilight begins
05:18


Waning Crescent

8%

26 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:21 10:27 15:33
Venus 06:28 11:24 16:21
Moon 04:01 09:06 14:06
Mars 07:20 12:12 17:05
Jupiter 18:44 01:49 08:55
Saturn 12:02 17:54 23:45
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: , 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2014CBET.3978....1N, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2008yCat....1.2024B.

Image credit

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

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