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

Supernova SN2016fej discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC6942
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 6942. It has received the designation SN2016fej.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 20h40m30s; declination 54°18'S.

The sky on 22 Aug 2016

The sky on 22 August 2016
Sunrise
06:07
Sunset
19:41
Twilight ends
21:22
Twilight begins
04:26

20-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

77%

20 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:29 14:28 20:27
Venus 07:54 14:14 20:35
Moon 21:45 04:14 10:52
Mars 14:42 19:12 23:42
Jupiter 08:22 14:34 20:46
Saturn 14:31 19:19 00:06
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: , 2016ATel.9393....1M, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2016ATel.9409....1S, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

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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