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 30 Jun 2024

The sky on 30 June 2024
Sunrise
05:08
Sunset
20:25
Twilight ends
22:38
Twilight begins
02:54

24-day old moon
Waning Crescent

27%

24 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:28 14:02 21:35
Venus 05:41 13:17 20:54
Moon 01:00 07:55 15:05
Mars 01:58 09:00 16:02
Jupiter 03:07 10:32 17:57
Saturn 23:51 05:31 11:12
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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