Supernova SN2017dhr discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC2076

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2076. It has received the designation SN2017dhr.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 05h46m40s; declination 16°47'S.

The sky on 20 Apr 2017

The sky on 20 April 2017
Sunrise
06:44
Sunset
20:15
Twilight ends
21:54
Twilight begins
05:05


Waning Crescent

37%

23 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:37 13:24 20:11
Venus 05:11 11:20 17:30
Moon 03:21 08:36 13:56
Mars 08:06 15:23 22:39
Jupiter 18:54 00:41 06:27
Saturn 00:42 05:26 10:10
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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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