SN 2009ip

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Event typeSupernova Edit this on Wikidata
Right ascension22h 23m 08.26s[2]
Declination−28° 56 52.4[2]
SN 2009ip
Light curves for the 2012 outburst of SN 2009ip, in four photometric bands, plotted from data published by Graham et al. (2014)[1]
Event typeSupernova Edit this on Wikidata
type IIn
ConstellationPiscis Austrinus
Right ascension22h 23m 08.26s[2]
Declination−28° 56 52.4[2]
EpochJ2000.0
Notable featureslocated in the host galaxy NGC 7259

SN 2009ip was a supernova discovered in 2009 in the spiral galaxy NGC 7259 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.[2] Since the brightness waned after days post-discovery, it was redesignated as Luminous blue variable (LBV) supernova impostor.[3]

During the following years several luminous outbursts were detected from the SN 2009ip.[4][3] In September 2012, SN 2009ip was classified as a young Type IIn supernova.[5]

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