Supernova SN2017fzw discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC2217

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 2217. It has received the designation SN2017fzw.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia-91bg event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 06h21m30s; declination 27°12'S.

The sky on 9 Aug 2017

The sky on 9 August 2017
Sunrise
06:35
Sunset
20:36
Twilight ends
22:20
Twilight begins
04:50


Waning Gibbous

96%

17 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:44 15:02 21:20
Venus 03:40 11:03 18:25
Moon 21:20 02:46 08:18
Mars 06:13 13:20 20:27
Jupiter 11:43 17:25 23:08
Saturn 16:54 21:38 02:23
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, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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