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Supernova SN2017ein discovered

Thu, 25 May 2017
2,593 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC3938

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 3938. It has received the designation SN2017ein.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ic event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h52m50s; declination 44°07'N.

The sky on 25 May 2017

The sky on 25 May 2017
Sunrise
06:06
Sunset
20:49
Twilight ends
22:45
Twilight begins
04:11


Waning Crescent

0%

29 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:09 11:53 18:37
Venus 04:08 10:30 16:53
Moon 06:16 13:25 20:42
Mars 07:15 14:47 22:18
Jupiter 16:18 22:07 03:57
Saturn 22:17 03:01 07:45
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: , 2018ApJ...860...90V, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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