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Supernova SN2016X discovered

Tue, 19 Jan 2016
3,368 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: UGC 8041

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 8041. It has received the designation SN2016X.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II P event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h55m10s; declination 0°05'N.

The sky on 10 Apr 2025

The sky on 10 April 2025
Sunrise
06:19
Sunset
19:27
Twilight ends
21:05
Twilight begins
04:41


Waxing Gibbous

98%

12 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:30 11:26 17:22
Venus 04:55 11:07 17:19
Moon 17:28 23:36 05:34
Mars 12:00 19:32 03:03
Jupiter 09:11 16:40 00:08
Saturn 05:32 11:22 17:12
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: , 2018arXiv180103167H, 2019MNRAS.490.2799D, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016ATel.8566....1B, 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

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

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