Supernova SN2016fej discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC6942

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 6942. It has received the designation SN2016fej.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 20h40m30s; declination 54°18'S.

The sky on 22 Aug 2016

The sky on 22 August 2016
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
20:18
Twilight ends
21:57
Twilight begins
05:09


Waning Gibbous

77%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 09:08 15:07 21:06
Venus 08:34 14:53 21:13
Moon 22:31 04:54 11:26
Mars 15:17 19:51 00:24
Jupiter 09:01 15:13 21:24
Saturn 15:06 19:57 00:48
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: , 2016ATel.9393....1M, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2016ATel.9409....1S, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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