Supernova SN2016aqf discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC2101

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2101. It has received the designation SN2016aqf.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 05h46m20s; declination 52°05'S.

The sky on 8 Apr 2025

The sky on 8 April 2025
Sunrise
06:12
Sunset
19:17
Twilight ends
20:57
Twilight begins
04:33


Waxing Gibbous

84%

10 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:26 11:23 17:20
Venus 04:53 11:07 17:21
Moon 15:13 22:07 04:49
Mars 11:51 19:28 03:04
Jupiter 09:05 16:38 00:10
Saturn 05:31 11:20 17:10
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, 2016ATel.8736....1B, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2016ATel.8748....1H, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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