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Supernova SN2017cfd discovered

Thu, 01 Jan 1970
20,396 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: IC511

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 511. It has received the designation SN2017cfd.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 08h40m40s; declination 73°29'N.

The sky on 5 Nov 2025

The sky on 5 November 2025
Sunrise
06:13
Sunset
16:55
Twilight ends
18:20
Twilight begins
04:47


Waning Gibbous

99%

15 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:09 13:02 17:56
Venus 05:01 10:38 16:14
Moon 16:16 --:-- 06:23
Mars 07:40 12:44 17:47
Jupiter 21:34 04:38 11:42
Saturn 14:44 20:35 02:27
All times shown in PST.

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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2017arXiv171102474F, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

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