Supernova SN2016gkg discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC613

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 613. It has received the designation SN2016gkg.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIb event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 01h34m10s; declination 29°26'S.

The sky on 20 Sep 2016

The sky on 20 September 2016
Sunrise
06:36
Sunset
18:53
Twilight ends
20:26
Twilight begins
05:03


Waning Gibbous

79%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:34 11:55 18:16
Venus 09:01 14:30 19:58
Moon 21:05 03:55 10:53
Mars 14:08 18:31 22:55
Jupiter 06:59 13:02 19:06
Saturn 12:42 17:29 22:16
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: , 2018Natur.554..497B, 2016arXiv161106451A, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016ATel.9521....1N, 2016ATel.9526....1T.

Image credit

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

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