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 Oct 2025

The sky on 28 October 2025
Sunrise
07:05
Sunset
18:02
Twilight ends
19:27
Twilight begins
05:41


Waxing Crescent

45%

7 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:09 14:06 19:04
Venus 05:44 11:32 17:19
Moon 13:34 18:26 23:22
Mars 08:43 13:51 19:00
Jupiter 23:05 06:09 13:13
Saturn 16:16 22:08 04:00
All times shown in PDT.

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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