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Supernova SN2017dhr discovered

Thu, 20 Apr 2017
2,912 days ago

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
06:51
Sunset
19:57
Twilight ends
21:22
Twilight begins
05:27


Waning Crescent

37%

23 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:45 13:19 19:52
Venus 05:08 11:15 17:22
Moon 03:03 08:31 14:02
Mars 08:24 15:17 22:11
Jupiter 18:44 00:35 06:26
Saturn 00:12 05:20 10:28
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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