Supernova SN2016coi discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 11868

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 11868. It has received the designation SN2016coi.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ic BL event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 21h59m00s; declination 18°11'N.

The sky on 27 May 2016

The sky on 27 May 2016
Sunrise
05:41
Sunset
19:55
Twilight ends
21:37
Twilight begins
04:00


Waning Gibbous

68%

21 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:46 11:24 18:02
Venus 05:35 12:37 19:38
Moon 23:58 05:22 10:51
Mars 19:18 00:19 05:21
Jupiter 13:05 19:29 01:52
Saturn 20:15 01:19 06:23
All times shown in PDT.

Source

The data presented here was taken from the Open Supernova Catalog.

The circumstances of this supernova were calculated using data from the following papers: , 2017arXiv170903593P, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016ATel.9086....1H, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2012PASP..124..668Y.

Image credit

Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

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