Supernova SN2016gil discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC2532

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2532. It has received the designation SN2016gil.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h10m10s; declination 33°57'N.

The sky on 17 Sep 2016

The sky on 17 September 2016
Sunrise
07:13
Sunset
19:36
Twilight ends
21:08
Twilight begins
05:41


Waning Gibbous

98%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:34 12:49 19:04
Venus 09:32 15:07 20:41
Moon 19:50 01:50 07:58
Mars 14:46 19:14 23:42
Jupiter 07:46 13:50 19:55
Saturn 13:29 18:19 23:09
All times shown in EDT.

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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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