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 6 Nov 2016

The sky on 6 November 2016
Sunrise
06:22
Sunset
16:31
Twilight ends
18:07
Twilight begins
04:46


Waxing Crescent

48%

7 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:58 11:50 16:43
Venus 09:46 14:08 18:30
Moon 11:53 17:00 22:10
Mars 12:04 16:39 21:15
Jupiter 03:36 09:25 15:15
Saturn 08:52 13:33 18:13
All times shown in EST.

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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