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 7 Nov 2016

The sky on 7 November 2016
Sunrise
06:29
Sunset
16:41
Twilight ends
18:15
Twilight begins
04:55

8-day old moon
Waxing Crescent

48%

8 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:08 12:01 16:55
Venus 09:52 14:18 18:44
Moon 12:45 17:59 23:17
Mars 12:07 16:47 21:27
Jupiter 03:41 09:31 15:20
Saturn 08:54 13:38 18:22
All times shown in EST.

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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41.14°N
73.26°W
EST

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