Supernova SN2016iae discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1532

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1532. It has received the designation SN2016iae.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ic event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 04h12m00s; declination 32°51'S.

The sky on 7 Nov 2016

The sky on 7 November 2016
Sunrise
06:15
Sunset
16:53
Twilight ends
18:19
Twilight begins
04:50


Waxing Gibbous

51%

8 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:52 12:01 17:10
Venus 09:29 14:17 19:06
Moon 12:37 18:04 23:36
Mars 11:47 16:46 21:45
Jupiter 03:37 09:29 15:22
Saturn 08:34 13:37 18:39
All times shown in PST.

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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2017MNRAS.469.2672P, 2016ATel.9754....1J, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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