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
05:40
Sunset
19:56
Twilight ends
21:38
Twilight begins
03:59


Waning Gibbous

57%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:43 11:22 18:00
Venus 05:35 12:38 19:40
Moon 00:40 06:13 11:52
Mars 19:12 00:14 05:15
Jupiter 13:01 19:25 01:49
Saturn 20:11 01:15 06:19
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: , 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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