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
06:24
Sunset
18:50
Twilight ends
20:25
Twilight begins
04:49


Waning Gibbous

98%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:46 12:02 18:18
Venus 08:47 14:19 19:52
Moon 18:57 01:00 07:13
Mars 14:07 18:26 22:45
Jupiter 06:58 13:03 19:08
Saturn 12:48 17:32 22:15
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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