Supernova SN2015bp discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC5839

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5839. It has received the designation SN2015bp.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 15h05m30s; declination 1°38'N.

The sky on 16 Aug 2024

The sky on 16 August 2024
Sunrise
06:01
Sunset
19:49
Twilight ends
21:33
Twilight begins
04:17


Waxing Gibbous

92%

12 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:36 13:06 19:35
Venus 07:43 14:13 20:43
Moon 18:09 22:31 02:57
Mars 00:49 08:17 15:46
Jupiter 00:47 08:13 15:40
Saturn 20:50 02:29 08:07
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: , 2017MNRAS.466.2436S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2017csnh.book.....H, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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