All active SN
over mag 17.0
Name Mag Type
2010ev 15.2 Ia
2010eb 15.2 Ia
2010fz 15.4 Ia
2010gi 15.8 IIb
2010ex 15.8 Ia
PTF10gva 15.8 II
2010bj 15.8* IIP
2010gb 15.9 Ia
2010bv 15.9* Ia
2010bt 15.9* IIn
2010co 16.1 II
CSS100217 16.2 II
2010do 16.3 Ic
2010ds 16.4 unk
2010cq 16.4 Ia
2010dl 16.4 Ia
2010ew 16.6 Ia
2010cp 16.8 Ia
2010ba 16.8 Ia
2010ey 16.8 Ia
PTF10mwb 16.8 Ia

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a star exploded. This star exploded so violently that for a few weeks the star outshone its parent galaxy. This type of explosion is called a Supernova. The last one in our galaxy was 400 years ago, making us about 300 years overdue for the next one. On this web page you will find a list of the currently observable supernovae, along with information on their location, reference images, and their last reported brightness. Most of the supernova information found on this page comes from IAU and CBET circulars and occasionally more data can be found on IAU's List of Recent Supernovae web page. Information on the current brightness and much of the background information is provided by SNWeb. These web pages have brought you the latest in supernovae data and images since April 1997. 13 years and counting.

Web page last modified on 07/21/2010 09:55:41 . For yesterday's updates, go to the updates page.

* Created an entry for 2010gm (Mag 17.9 in MCG +07-36-25)
* Updated the entry for 2010gi (Type IIb)
* Added images of 2010gi and 2010gm

News: 2010ev is a Type Ia found young, and is now the brightest SN of the year at Mag 13.7. Please note my backup e-mail address: dbishopx at gmail.com MPC has a new web page at http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html. The "Mag" links to SNWeb have stopped working. I've been told that this is a temporary problem, but I have stopped linking to them until they start working again. Please see CBAT Unconfirmed observation page for possible supernovae. For the year 2010, 290 supernovae (185 CBAT, 105 other sources) have been reported.

New feature to turn off the icons, use this link. Wow, it looks like people really do read this web page, here is a great article that Doug Rich wrote about me. Mike Schwartz of Tenagra Observatories, Ltd. has named Asteroid 1999 RH241 (70401) Davidbishop and 2005 TF152 (149968) Trondal. Extragalactic Novae now have their own page at the top level. I am (re)starting a supernova e-mail list. Please sign up if interested. VSNet is partially back up! Please continue to email your observation to SNWeb as the magnitudes on the page are driven by these observations. LOSS ask people who discover supernovae to provide an offset from a nearby star to make spectroscopy easier.

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