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 6 Mar 2017

The sky on 6 March 2017
Sunrise
06:17
Sunset
17:49
Twilight ends
19:21
Twilight begins
04:45


Waxing Gibbous

73%

8 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:27 12:04 17:42
Venus 06:44 13:29 20:14
Moon 11:53 19:20 02:47
Mars 07:54 14:35 21:16
Jupiter 20:40 02:18 07:56
Saturn 02:01 06:41 11:22
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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