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Supernova ASASSN-15us discovered

Mon, 28 Dec 2015
3,732 days ago

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 19 Mar 2026

The sky on 19 March 2026
Sunrise
06:55
Sunset
19:02
Twilight ends
20:26
Twilight begins
05:31


Waxing Crescent

1%

0 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:57 11:40 17:23
Venus 07:45 14:03 20:21
Moon 07:12 13:32 20:02
Mars 06:20 12:02 17:44
Jupiter 12:56 20:06 03:15
Saturn 07:18 13:19 19:20
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: , 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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