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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] |
Peakapparent magnitude | < 12[1] |
Other designations | SN 2011by |
SN 2011by was asupernova inNGC 3972. It was atype Ia supernova, discovered by Zhangwei Jin andXing Gao (China). SN 2011by is about 5.3" east and 19.1" north of the center of NGC 3972.[1][2]
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