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

Supernova SN2016adj discovered

This event is not observable at present from South El Monte.
Sun, 07 Feb 2016
3,779 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC5128
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5128. It has received the designation SN2016adj.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIb event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h25m20s; declination 43°00'S.

The sky on 14 Jun 2026

The sky on 14 June 2026
Sunrise
05:37
Sunset
20:04
Twilight ends
21:49
Twilight begins
03:52

0-day old moon
Waxing Crescent

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0 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:26 14:37 21:48
Venus 08:28 15:34 22:40
Moon 04:52 12:29 20:09
Mars 03:37 10:28 17:20
Jupiter 08:09 15:13 22:17
Saturn 02:00 08:11 14:22
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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016ATel.8651....1M, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2017ApJ...834...60Y, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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