SN 2010jl

SN 2010jl was a luminous Type IIn supernova that was discovered on November 3, 2010, in the irregular galaxy UGC 5189A. It is 48.9 ± 3.4 Mpc distant from the Solar System. It showed an infrared excess which lasted for over 1400 days.

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