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Supernova SN2017fgc discovered

Tue, 11 Jul 2017
2,914 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC474

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 0474. It has received the designation SN2017fgc.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 01h20m10s; declination 3°24'N.

The sky on 11 Jul 2017

The sky on 11 July 2017
Sunrise
05:47
Sunset
20:05
Twilight ends
21:47
Twilight begins
04:04


Waning Gibbous

93%

17 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:25 14:23 21:20
Venus 02:59 09:56 16:53
Moon 21:18 02:39 08:02
Mars 06:09 13:17 20:24
Jupiter 12:36 18:26 00:17
Saturn 17:58 22:58 03:58
All times shown in PDT.

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, 2009ApJ...696..870D, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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