Supernova SN2017bzb discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC7424

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7424. It has received the designation SN2017bzb.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 22h57m10s; declination 41°00'S.

The sky on 7 Mar 2017

The sky on 7 March 2017
Sunrise
06:08
Sunset
17:41
Twilight ends
19:15
Twilight begins
04:34


Waxing Gibbous

74%

9 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:19 11:59 17:39
Venus 06:29 13:16 20:04
Moon 12:45 20:08 03:27
Mars 07:42 14:25 21:09
Jupiter 20:28 02:05 07:43
Saturn 01:52 06:29 11:05
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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