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

Supernova SN2013am discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3623. It has received the designation SN2013am.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h18m50s; declination 13°03'N.

The sky on 19 Apr 2024

The sky on 19 April 2024
Sunrise
06:04
Sunset
19:37
Twilight ends
21:18
Twilight begins
04:24

11-day old moon
Waxing Gibbous

88%

11 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:35 12:02 18:29
Venus 05:44 12:06 18:29
Moon 15:33 22:15 04:46
Mars 04:43 10:29 16:16
Jupiter 07:09 14:15 21:21
Saturn 04:31 10:08 15:45
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: , 2012PASP..124..668Y, 2014ApJ...797....5Z, 2014arXiv1409.3400Z, 2019MNRAS.490.2799D, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B.

Image credit

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

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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