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 8 Jan 2017

The sky on 8 January 2017
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
16:29
Twilight ends
18:09
Twilight begins
05:30


Waxing Gibbous

89%

10 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:41 10:25 15:08
Venus 09:35 15:00 20:25
Moon 13:20 20:32 03:51
Mars 09:57 15:36 21:15
Jupiter 00:17 05:53 11:30
Saturn 05:19 09:56 14:33
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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