Supernova SN2016coj discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC4125

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4125. It has received the designation SN2016coj.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 12h08m00s; declination 65°10'N.

The sky on 28 May 2016

The sky on 28 May 2016
Sunrise
05:09
Sunset
20:12
Twilight ends
22:19
Twilight begins
03:03


Waning Gibbous

59%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:23 11:14 18:06
Venus 05:05 12:30 19:54
Moon 00:34 05:59 11:30
Mars 19:27 00:07 04:46
Jupiter 12:46 19:18 01:49
Saturn 20:24 01:08 05:51
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2017ApJ...841...64Z, 2017arXiv171102474F, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B.

Image credit

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

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