Supernova SN2017egm discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3191

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3191. It has received the designation SN2017egm.

The supernova is reported to be a Type SLSN-I event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h19m00s; declination 46°27'N.

The sky on 23 May 2017

The sky on 23 May 2017
Sunrise
05:25
Sunset
20:12
Twilight ends
22:11
Twilight begins
03:27


Waning Crescent

6%

27 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:30 11:12 17:55
Venus 03:31 09:52 16:14
Moon 04:17 10:49 17:30
Mars 06:35 14:10 21:45
Jupiter 15:48 21:37 03:26
Saturn 21:50 02:30 07:11
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: , 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2017arXiv170608517N, 2017ATel10498....1D, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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