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Supernova SN2015as discovered

Sat, 14 Nov 2015
3,465 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: UGC 5460

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 5460. It has received the designation SN2015as.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h08m10s; declination 51°50'N.

The sky on 11 May 2025

The sky on 11 May 2025
Sunrise
06:32
Sunset
20:10
Twilight ends
21:41
Twilight begins
05:02


Waxing Gibbous

99%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:42 12:08 18:34
Venus 04:25 10:34 16:42
Moon 18:40 00:10 05:35
Mars 12:09 18:59 01:50
Jupiter 08:37 15:37 22:38
Saturn 04:09 10:05 16:02
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, 2015ATel.8291....1T, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2008yCat....1.2024B, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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