Supernova SN2017jd discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: IC5334

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 5334. It has received the designation SN2017jd.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 23h34m30s; declination 4°32'S.

The sky on 9 Jan 2017

The sky on 9 January 2017
Sunrise
06:56
Sunset
17:00
Twilight ends
18:29
Twilight begins
05:27


Waxing Gibbous

90%

11 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:24 10:28 15:33
Venus 09:32 15:08 20:44
Moon 14:45 21:46 04:51
Mars 09:56 15:42 21:28
Jupiter 00:14 05:57 11:40
Saturn 05:00 10:00 15:00
All times shown in PST.

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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