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
07:16
Sunset
16:42
Twilight ends
18:21
Twilight begins
05:37


Waxing Gibbous

89%

11 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:43 10:30 15:16
Venus 09:40 15:09 20:37
Moon 14:25 21:40 04:59
Mars 10:02 15:43 21:24
Jupiter 00:21 05:58 11:36
Saturn 05:20 10:01 14:42
All times shown in EST.

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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