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

Supernova SN2011ek discovered

This event is visible through a large telescope from Cambridge.
Thu, 04 Aug 2011
4,706 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 22 Jun 2024

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

16-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

99%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:43 13:26 21:10
Venus 05:27 13:06 20:45
Moon 20:42 00:53 05:05
Mars 02:14 09:09 16:04
Jupiter 03:32 10:56 18:20
Saturn 00:22 06:02 11:43
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2014MNRAS.444.3258M, 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2014arXiv1408.1430M.

Image credit

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

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71.11°W
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