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

Supernova SN2014J discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3034. It has received the designation SN2014J.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 09h55m40s; declination 69°40'N.

The sky on 18 Apr 2024

The sky on 18 April 2024
Sunrise
05:55
Sunset
19:29
Twilight ends
21:12
Twilight begins
04:12

10-day old moon
Waxing Gibbous

78%

10 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:29 11:59 18:29
Venus 05:36 11:57 18:19
Moon 14:20 21:26 04:20
Mars 04:37 10:22 16:07
Jupiter 07:00 14:09 21:19
Saturn 04:27 10:03 15:39
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, 2015arXiv151006596G, 2014AJ....148....1Z, 2018PASP..130f4101V, 2019MNRAS.490.3882S.

Image credit

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

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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