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 27 Apr 2024

The sky on 27 April 2024
Sunrise
05:53
Sunset
19:45
Twilight ends
21:30
Twilight begins
04:08


Waning Gibbous

80%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:10 11:29 17:48
Venus 05:36 12:12 18:48
Moon 22:59 03:24 07:45
Mars 04:25 10:21 16:16
Jupiter 06:43 13:51 20:59
Saturn 04:02 09:40 15:18
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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