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Supernova ASASSN-15aj discovered

Wed, 07 Jan 2015
3,478 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3449

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3449. It has received the designation ASASSN-15aj.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h52m50s; declination 32°55'S.

The sky on 17 Jul 2024

The sky on 17 July 2024
Sunrise
05:20
Sunset
20:17
Twilight ends
22:22
Twilight begins
03:14


Waxing Gibbous

88%

12 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:39 14:36 21:32
Venus 06:19 13:39 20:59
Moon 17:18 21:41 01:58
Mars 01:26 08:42 15:58
Jupiter 02:12 09:40 17:08
Saturn 22:43 04:23 10:03
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 papers: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016arXiv160708526C, 2015ATel.6886....1D, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2015ATel.6905....1S.

Image credit

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

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