Event type | Supernova |
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Type Ia[1] | |
Date | April 26, 2011 (UTC) |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Right ascension | 11h 55m 45.56s[2] |
Declination | +55° 19′ 33.8″[1] |
Epoch | J2000 |
Redshift | 0.003402 ±5e-06 |
Host | NGC 3972[1] |
Peak apparent magnitude | < 12[1] |
Other designations | SN 2011by |
SN 2011by was a supernova in NGC 3972. It was a type Ia supernova, discovered by Zhangwei Jin and Xing Gao (China). SN 2011by is about 5.3" east and 19.1" north of the center of NGC 3972.[1][2]
References
External links
- Light curves and spectra Archived 2017-12-02 at the Wayback Machine on the Open Supernova Catalog
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