Supernova SN2017bzc discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC7552

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 7552. It has received the designation SN2017bzc.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 23h16m10s; declination 42°34'S.

The sky on 7 Mar 2017

The sky on 7 March 2017
Sunrise
06:15
Sunset
17:50
Twilight ends
19:22
Twilight begins
04:44


Waxing Gibbous

74%

9 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:27 12:07 17:48
Venus 06:39 13:25 20:10
Moon 12:57 20:17 03:33
Mars 07:52 14:34 21:16
Jupiter 20:35 02:14 07:52
Saturn 01:57 06:37 11:18
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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