Supernova SN2016gil discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


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
06:33
Sunset
18:58
Twilight ends
20:31
Twilight begins
05:00


Waning Gibbous

98%

16 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:55 12:11 18:26
Venus 08:54 14:28 20:01
Moon 19:05 01:09 07:23
Mars 14:11 18:35 22:58
Jupiter 07:07 13:12 19:16
Saturn 12:53 17:40 22:27
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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