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
05:57
Sunset
19:34
Twilight ends
21:18
Twilight begins
04:12


Waning Gibbous

77%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:20 14:19 20:18
Venus 07:45 14:06 20:27
Moon 21:36 04:05 10:44
Mars 14:38 19:03 23:29
Jupiter 08:13 14:25 20:38
Saturn 14:26 19:10 23:54
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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