Supernova SN2016ija 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 SN2016ija.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia-91T event.

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

The sky on 21 Nov 2016

The sky on 21 November 2016
Sunrise
06:29
Sunset
16:45
Twilight ends
18:12
Twilight begins
05:01


Waning Crescent

35%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:43 12:35 17:27
Venus 09:47 14:36 19:25
Moon 23:24 06:03 12:37
Mars 11:26 16:34 21:41
Jupiter 02:55 08:44 14:34
Saturn 07:47 12:48 17:50
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: , 2017arXiv171103940T, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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