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

Supernova SN2016iae discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC1532
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1532. It has received the designation SN2016iae.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ic event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 04h12m00s; declination 32°51'S.

The sky on 6 Nov 2016

The sky on 6 November 2016
Sunrise
06:14
Sunset
16:54
Twilight ends
18:20
Twilight begins
04:49

7-day old moon
Waxing Crescent

49%

7 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:48 11:58 17:09
Venus 09:27 14:16 19:05
Moon 11:54 17:14 22:37
Mars 11:48 16:47 21:46
Jupiter 03:40 09:33 15:25
Saturn 08:38 13:40 18:42
All times shown in PST.

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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2017MNRAS.469.2672P, 2016ATel.9754....1J, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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