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Supernova MASTER OT J120451.50+265946.6 discovered

Sun, 02 Nov 2014
3,951 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC4080

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4080. It has received the designation MASTER OT J120451.50+265946.6.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ib event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h04m50s; declination 26°59'N.

The sky on 28 Aug 2025

The sky on 28 August 2025
Sunrise
06:20
Sunset
19:22
Twilight ends
20:50
Twilight begins
04:52


Waxing Crescent

29%

5 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:11 11:57 18:44
Venus 03:47 10:45 17:43
Moon 11:35 16:50 21:57
Mars 09:23 15:12 21:01
Jupiter 02:29 09:36 16:44
Saturn 20:31 02:28 08:24
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 papers: , 2014ATel.6640....1T, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2014ATel.6634....1G, 2014ATel.6639....1S, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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