Supernova ASASSN-15us discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC7213

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7213. It has received the designation ASASSN-15us.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 22h09m00s; declination 47°08'S.

The sky on 21 May 2024

The sky on 21 May 2024
Sunrise
05:26
Sunset
20:10
Twilight ends
22:08
Twilight begins
03:29


Waxing Gibbous

98%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:35 11:19 18:03
Venus 05:20 12:33 19:46
Moon 18:32 23:36 04:33
Mars 03:33 09:54 16:14
Jupiter 05:26 12:40 19:54
Saturn 02:32 08:12 13:52
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: , 2015ATel.8474....1B, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2016ATel.8495....1F, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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