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

Supernova SN2011by discovered

This event is visible through a large telescope from Cambridge.
Tue, 26 Apr 2011
4,805 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC3972
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3972. It has received the designation SN2011by.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h55m40s; declination 55°19'N.

The sky on 21 Jun 2024

The sky on 21 June 2024
Sunrise
05:05
Sunset
20:24
Twilight ends
22:40
Twilight begins
02:49

15-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

99%

15 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:37 13:21 21:05
Venus 05:25 13:05 20:44
Moon 20:42 00:51 05:05
Mars 02:16 09:10 16:04
Jupiter 03:35 10:59 18:23
Saturn 00:26 06:06 11:47
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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2015ApJS..220....9F, 2016PASP..128...961.

Image credit

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

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71.11°W
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