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Supernova SN2016adj discovered

Mon, 08 Feb 2016
3,581 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC5128

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5128. It has received the designation SN2016adj.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIb event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h25m20s; declination 43°00'S.

The sky on 28 Nov 2025

The sky on 28 November 2025
Sunrise
06:34
Sunset
16:42
Twilight ends
18:11
Twilight begins
05:06


Waxing Gibbous

60%

8 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:15 10:35 15:54
Venus 05:50 11:00 16:10
Moon 12:41 18:29 00:27
Mars 07:30 12:24 17:19
Jupiter 20:02 03:06 10:11
Saturn 13:12 19:03 00:55
All times shown in PST.

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, 2016ATel.8651....1M, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2017ApJ...834...60Y, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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