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All active supernova over mag 17.0
NameMagTypeHost
AT2025ivj 9.4unknone
AT2025ivh11.5unknone
2025fvw14.9IaNGC 5957
2024afyu15.3IIb2MFGC 13744
2025ggm15.5IaPGC1 128341
AT2025ivl15.6unknone
AT2025ivi15.6unknone
2025efa15.6*IaESO 443-G16
AT2025ijg15.8unknone
2025gvs15.8IIUGC 10058
2025bco15.8*IILEDA 1142503
AT2025fwg16.0*unknone
AT2025ehi16.0*unknone
2025gxs16.0IaMCG -1-40-4
ASASSN-25bk16.1unkanonymous
2025evw16.2*Ianone
M31-04a?16.4unkM31
AT2025imr16.4unknone
AT2025fpv16.4*unkNGC 3377
2025hkm16.4IaLEDA 3093233
AT2025eps16.5*unknone
2025hjz16.5IaVV 410
M31-04c?16.6unkM31
2025byq16.6*Ianone
AT2025imf16.7unkLEDA 134535
AT2025iis16.7unknone
AT2025hfn16.7unknone
2025bvm16.7IaNGC 4156
2025bol16.7*Ianone
2025adj16.7*IIKUG 1458+516
AT2025hoe16.8unkLEDA 3231090
AT2025gvj16.8unkESO 533-G35
AT2025fqb16.8*unkNGC 4754
2025gcv16.8Ia-02cxLEDA 1776479
AT2025ias16.9unknone
AT2025gsf16.9unkanonymous
2025efc16.9IaESO 565-G19
2025aue16.9*Ia-91TUGC 3007
2024adhf16.9*Iaanonymous

* - last observation is over one month old.  

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.   Here you will find a list of the supernovae we can see right now, as well as information about where they are in the sky, images of that object and how bright the explosion was at the last time we measured it.   The data on this page comes from TNS and ATEL circulars.   These web pages have brought you the latest in supernovae data and images since April 1997.   27 years and counting.

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News: 2025fvw in in NGC 5957 is Mag 13.8.   LBV 2000ch is back at Mag 19. 2025gj is bright in NGC 2986 TNS 2.0 is up, slightly modified format.   For the year 2025, 6674 supernovae (548 CBAT, 6126 unconfirmed, and 0 other sources) have been reported. (23772 last year).   The brightest SN of the year 2025 are 2025gj (13.7) followed by 2025mb (14.4).  

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2025gmc (= ZTF25aalthwc) (= ATLAS25dmk) (= BGEM J073155.76+181948.2), TNS discovered 2025/04/01.613 by JIST
Found in NGC 2407 at R.A. = 07h31m55s.762, Decl. = +18°19'48".25
Located 12".9 west and 10".6 south of the center of NGC 2407 (Yuan-Sheng Tsai image Discovery) (Jacques Ruel image facebook) (Marie Newnham image) (Yuan-Sheng Tsai image)
Mag 17.1:4/25 (15.8:4/17), Type Ia (z=0.023) (zhost=0.028029) (References: ZTF observations)

2025fvw (= ZTF25aaktqzg) (= GOTO25bhh) (= PS25avu) (= ATLAS25dcd), TNS discovered 2025/03/26.799 by Koichi Itagaki
Found in NGC 5957 at R.A. = 15h35m25s.783, Decl. = +12°03'27".80
Located 37".0 east and 37".1 north of the center of NGC 5957 (Discovery image)
Mag 14.9:4/25 (13.8:4/10), Type Ia (z=0.006) (zhost=0.006051) (References: ZTF observations)
2025fvw images sub-page

2025efc (= ATLAS25cqk) (= ZTF25aaiwalj) (= PS25amk) (= GOTO24juu), TNS discovered 2025/03/12.153 by ATLAS
Found in ESO 565-G19 at R.A. = 09h34m43s.542, Decl. = -21°55'51".82
Located 0".4 west and 12".0 south of the center ESO 565-G19 (Discovery image) (Marie Newnham image) (Fabio Feijo image) (Achim Sucker image)
Mag 16.9:4/22 (15.0:3/27), Type Ia (zhost=0.016285) (References: AstroNote 2025-87, ZTF observations)

2025efa (= ATLAS25cqi) (= GOTO25bap) (= PS25avs), TNS discovered 2025/03/12.204 by ATLAS
Found in ESO 443-G16 at R.A. = 12h57m28s.310, Decl. = -28°12'06".90
Located 6".2 west and 10".7 north of the center ESO 443-G16 (Kym Thalassoudis image) (Kym Thalassoudis image) (Marie Newnham image) (Fabio Feijo image)
Mag 15.6:3/24, Type Ia (z=0.016221) (References: AstroNote 2025-85)

2025coe (= ATLAS25caa) (= ZTF25aahsvoc), TNS discovered 2025/02/24.634 by Koichi Itagaki
Found in NGC 3277 at R.A. = 10h33m07s.950, Decl. = +28°26'13".10
Located 164".8 east and 269".3 south of the center of NGC 3277 (Discovery image)
Mag 18.8:3/21 (14.6:3/7), Type Ib-Ca-rich (z=0.004720) (References: ATEL 17138, ZTF observations)
2025coe images sub-page

2025bvm (= ATLAS25bqt) (= ZTF25aafwbhf), TNS discovered 2025/02/17.479 by ATLAS
Found in NGC 4156 at R.A. = 12h10m48s.762, Decl. = +39°28'27".54
Located 9".3 west and 5".5 north of the center of NGC 4156 (Marie Newnham image)
Mag 16.7:4/18 (15.8:3/30), Type Ia (zhost=0.022617) (References: AstroNote 2025-75, AstroNote 2025-60, ZTF observations; SN 1974A)
2025bvm images sub-page

2025aue (= PSP25D) (= ZTF25aaduxhj), TNS discovered 2025/02/03.651 by ATLAS
Found in UGC 3007 at R.A. = 04h18m30s.394, Decl. = +33°46'15".97
Located 2".1 east and 10".6 south of the center of UGC 3007 (Carlos Segarra image) (Rafael Ferrando image facebook) (Richard Hill image) (Achim Sucker image) (Manfred Mrotzek image)
Mag 16.9:3/27 (15.5:2/14), Type Ia-91T (z=0.019) (zhost=0.018783) (References: ZTF observations)

2025qe (= ZTF25aacerkv), TNS discovered 2025/01/18.262 by ATLAS
Found in IC 529 at R.A. = 09h18m28s.190, Decl. = +73°45'44".89
Located 19".1 west and 11".3 north of the center of IC 529 (Eliot Herman image) (J. D. image facebook) (Odd Trondal image) (Carlos Segarra image) (Andy Cason image) (Amar Sharma image facebook) (Klemens Waldhör image) (Giancarlo Cortini image) (Rafael Ferrando image facebook color) (Gianluca Masi image) (Marie Newnham image) (Giancarlo Cortini image) (Nigel Barns image) (Manfred Mrotzek image)
Mag 18.2:4/5 (15.7:1/28), Type Ia-02cx (z=0.0075) (zhost=0.007532) (References: ZTF observations)

2025oq (= GOTO25io) (= ZTF25aaccmjq) (= ATLAS25als) (= BGEM J090438.41+182800.2), TNS discovered 2025/01/17.024 by ATLAS
Found in NGC 2744 at R.A. = 09h04m38s.432, Decl. = +18°28'00".03
Located 10".6 west and 10".6 north of the center of NGC 2744 (Fabio Feijo image)
Mag 18.1:4/5 (14.7:1/26), Type Ic-BL (z=0.011330) (References: AstroNote 2025-46, AstroNote 2025-37, TNS, ZTF observations)
2025oq images sub-page

2025mb (= ATLAS25akl), TNS discovered 2025/01/15.042 by ATLAS
Found in NGC 150 at R.A. = 00h34m16s.885, Decl. = -27°48'05".26
Located 2".4 west and 16".7 north of the center of NGC 150 (Eliot Herman image) (Eliot Herman image) (Kym Thalassoudis image) (Marie Newnham image)
Mag 14.4:1/31, Type Ia (z=0.005) (zhost=0.005294) (References: AstroNote 2025-23; SN 1990K)

2025gj (= DLT25a) (= ZTF25aabmhly) (= ATLAS25aim) (= GOTO25gp), TNS discovered 2025/01/08.256 by DLT40
Found in NGC 2986 at R.A. = 09h44m20s.255, Decl. = -21°16'22".62
Located 59".2 east and 18".5 north of the center of NGC 2986 (Eliot Herman image)
Mag 17.2:4/5 (13.7:1/25), Type Ia (z=0.0077) (zhost=0.007679) (References: ZTF observations; SN 1999gh)
2025gj images sub-page

2025dr (= ATLAS25agc) (= ZTF25aabnwba), TNS discovered 2025/01/06.267 by ATLAS
Found in UGC 670 at R.A. = 01h06m46s.083, Decl. = +75°36'12".11
Located 15".7 west and 10".8 north of the center of UGC 670 (Giancarlo Cortini image) (Grup Supernoves l'Astronòmica de Sabadell image) (Wolfgang Kreiss image) (Marie Newnham image) (Wolfgang Kreiss image) (Manfred Mrotzek image)
Mag 17.0:2/18 (16.1:1/20), Type Ia (zhost=0.015948) (References: ZTF observations)

2024afyu (= ZTF24abzxalv) (= GOTO25na) (= ATLAS25axv), TNS discovered 2024/12/29.573 by Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF)
Found in 2MFGC 13744 at R.A. = 17h13m43s.052, Decl. = +07°37'30".92
Located 8".5 east and 6".0 north of the center of 2MFGC 13744 (Klaus Wenzel image) (Stig Foss image) (Marie Newnham image) (Achim Sucker image)
Mag 15.3:4/19 (14.7:3/28), Type IIb (z=0.01) (z=0.012000) (References: ZTF observations)

2024aeee (= GOTO24jbu) (= Gaia24dth) (= ZTF24abyatjx), TNS discovered 2024/12/17.645 by Shinichi Ono
Found in NGC 2523 at R.A. = 08h14m50s.929, Decl. = +73°34'43".94
Located 37".7 west and 2".0 north of the center of NGC 2523 (Toshihide Noguchi image)
Mag 18.1:4/5 (15.3:12/29), Type II (z=0.0116) (zhost=0.011578) (References: Gaia observations, ZTF observations)
2024aeee images sub-page

2024adhf (= GOTO24iqy) (= ZTF24abuvknk) (= Gaia25aao) (= ATLAS24rjd), TNS discovered 2024/12/01.269 by GOTO
Found in an anonymous galaxy at R.A. = 11h30m09s.314, Decl. = -13°44'55".61
Located 8".1 west and 5".9 south of the center of the host galaxy (Marie Newnham image) (Klaus Wenzel image) (Achim Sucker image)
Mag 16.9:3/27 (13.3:12/15), Type Ia (z=0.012) (zhost=0.022500) (References: ZTF observations, AstroNote 2025-86, Gaia observations)

2024abfl (= TCP J06180093+7822016) (= ATLAS24qfn) (= GOTO24ilr) (= ZTF24abtczty) (= Gaia25aav), TNS discovered 2024/11/15.584 by Koichi Itagaki
Found in NGC 2146 at R.A. = 06h18m01s.141, Decl. = +78°22'01".52
Located 111".0 west and 35".9 north of the center of NGC 2146 (Discovery image)
Mag 18.4:4/5 (16.5:11/17), Type II (zhost=0.002979) (References: CBAT TOCP, ZTF observations, Gaia observations; SN 2018zd, 2005V)
2024abfl images sub-page

2000ch (= Nova NGC 3432) (= AT2019bro) (= PSN J10524126+3640086) (= TCP J10524126+3640086) (= TCP J10524126+3640089) (= TCP J10524130+3640087) (= TCP J10524124+3640084) IAUC 7415 discovered 2000/05/03.2 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search
Found in NGC 3432 at R.A. = 10h52m41s.40, Decl. = +36°40'08".5
Located 123" east and 180" north of the center of NGC 3432
Mag 19.0:2/4/2025 (17.6:2/25/2019), Type LBV (z=0.002) (References: ATEL 4891, IAUC 7417, 7419, 7421, CBAT TOCP, CBAT TOCP, CBAT TOCP CBAT TOCP)
2000ch images sub-page

AT2016blu (= Gaia16ada) (= ZTF17aaapufz) (= ATLAS18mmq) (= PS22eva) (= XM13MZ) (= AT2022lia) (= MSOSSP_10) (= PSN J12355230+2755559) (= TCP J12355227+2755555), CBET 2976 discovered 2012/01/11.250 by Lick Observatory Supernova Search
Found in NGC 4559 at R.A. = 12h35m52s.30, Decl. = +27°55'55".9
Located 74" west and 100" south of the center of NGC 4559 (Discovery image)
Mag 19.5:3/10/2025 (15.9:4/21/2021), Type LBV (z=0.003) (References: ATEL 3865, 6303, 14460, 14638, 15808, 16115, VSnet observations, TNS, ZTF observations, Gaia observations, TNS 2022lia; SN 1941A)
LBV in NGC 4559 images sub-page

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Do you have a Supernova image you are willing to share with others? Please tell me about it! Don't be a data miser, share your data with others! I prefer to link to images already at a location on the web, but if you send me an image (jpeg or gif preferred) I will post and index it.

I plan to report only "bright" Supernova (above mag 17.5) on this page. Note that you are going to need a big telescope to find most of these things, for instance, a "Mag 14" SN probably won't be visible to the eye in anything less than a 10" telescope. A CCD, however, can often detect a Mag 14 object with a much smaller objective. Those SN which are easily findable by amateurs (above mag 14.0) will be in red.

The format is as follows:

If possible I will create an icon for every bright supernova. This icon will be black on a white background and mirror imaged left to right so that North is up and East is left. The exception being a color image, which will have he same orientation. All icons will be less than 100x100 pixels in size so that they load quickly.

Supernovae are officially designated in a scheme that includes the year followed (without a space) by one upper-case or two to four lower-case letters indicating the order of discovery, starting with A, B., ... Z, then aa, ab, ac, ..., az, ba, bb, ... zy, zz, aaa, aab, aac, ... aaz, aba, abb, abc, ... abz, ... Furthermore, due to politics, several supernova teams demand that their own survey designations be used instead of the standard system.

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