Supernova AT2014er discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC2264

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2264. It has received the designation AT2014er.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Candidate event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 06h40m50s; declination 9°15'N.

The sky on 28 Apr 2025

The sky on 28 April 2025
Sunrise
05:41
Sunset
19:40
Twilight ends
21:28
Twilight begins
03:53


Waxing Crescent

2%

1 day old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:55 11:05 17:16
Venus 04:03 10:09 16:15
Moon 05:54 13:27 21:14
Mars 11:17 18:43 02:10
Jupiter 08:01 15:35 23:09
Saturn 04:17 10:10 16:02
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 paper: , 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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