Supernovae 2010jl in UGC 5189A

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2010jl in UGC 5189A.   Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page.   Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the updates and links web pages.

Discovered by Jack Newton and Tim Puckett (USA).   This is the brightest supernova we have seen in some time.   The host galaxy appears to be an irregular galaxy, and is probably very diffuse.   This one is a Type IIn found young.   We have a Photometry reference image made by Odd Trondal.   This supernova is in the Constellation Leo.

Web pages dedicated to this SN.
• AAVSO's Special Notice 222 AAVSO page
• Astronomy Magazine's Supernova SN 2010jl
• Universe Today's New Supernova Lights Up Leo
• Bad Astronomy's SN 2010 JL in weird UGC 5189
• SpaceBanter.com 2010jl post
• Blogbaker's 2010jl post
• Joseph Brimacombe widefield color image

The following is a list of images of this SN, in chronological order. Click on the name in the "Image Credit" column to see the image. Times and dates are in UT unless otherwise noted. If you know of any others, please tell me!

Light curves and Spectra:

• Kanata observatory spectrum

If you have observations of this Supernova, please send them to SNWeb.