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

Supernova SN2011ek discovered

This event is visible through a large telescope from Fairfield.
Thu, 04 Aug 2011
4,866 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC918
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 918. It has received the designation SN2011ek.

The supernova is reported to be a Type .IaPec event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 02h25m40s; declination 18°32'N.

The sky on 29 Nov 2024

The sky on 29 November 2024
Sunrise
06:54
Sunset
16:24
Twilight ends
18:03
Twilight begins
05:16

28-day old moon
Waning Crescent

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28 days old

Planets
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Mercury 08:05 12:38 17:10
Venus 10:17 14:48 19:19
Moon 05:30 10:19 15:01
Mars 20:28 03:52 11:15
Jupiter 16:55 00:22 07:49
Saturn 12:42 18:14 23:46
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2014MNRAS.444.3258M, 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2014arXiv1408.1430M.

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

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