Supernova SN2017cfd discovered

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 16 Mar 2017

The sky on 16 March 2017
Sunrise
07:01
Sunset
19:00
Twilight ends
20:33
Twilight begins
05:29


Waning Gibbous

84%

18 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:25 13:34 19:43
Venus 06:53 13:37 20:22
Moon 22:06 03:45 09:18
Mars 08:32 15:23 22:14
Jupiter 20:56 02:35 08:15
Saturn 02:23 07:04 11:44
All times shown in EDT.

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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