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

Supernova SN2012aw discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3351. It has received the designation SN2012aw.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II P event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h43m50s; declination 11°40'N.

The sky on 19 Apr 2026

The sky on 19 April 2026
Sunrise
06:14
Sunset
19:26
Twilight ends
20:55
Twilight begins
04:45

2-day old moon
Waxing Crescent

11%

2 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:25 11:28 17:31
Venus 07:30 14:27 21:25
Moon 07:34 15:00 22:33
Mars 05:21 11:29 17:37
Jupiter 11:05 18:14 01:22
Saturn 05:26 11:31 17:36
All times shown in PDT.

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: , 2014ApJ...787..139D, 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2013NewA...20...30M, 2019MNRAS.490.2799D, 2016ApJ...820...33R.

Image credit

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

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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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