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

Supernova SN2015I discovered

This event is visible through a large telescope from Columbus.
Sat, 02 May 2015
3,661 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2357. It has received the designation SN2015I.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 07h17m40s; declination 23°20'N.

The sky on 10 May 2025

The sky on 10 May 2025
Sunrise
06:19
Sunset
20:35
Twilight ends
22:23
Twilight begins
04:31

13-day old moon
Waxing Gibbous

98%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:37 12:11 18:46
Venus 04:30 10:40 16:50
Moon 18:02 --:-- 04:59
Mars 11:54 19:07 02:19
Jupiter 08:19 15:46 23:13
Saturn 04:20 10:14 16:09
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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2015ATel.7476....1K, 2017arXiv171102474F, 2015CBET.4106....1N, 2016A&A...594A..13P.

Image credit

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

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