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Supernova SN2017gax discovered

Mon, 14 Aug 2017
2,790 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1672

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1672. It has received the designation SN2017gax.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ib/c event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 04h45m40s; declination 59°14'S.

The sky on 14 Aug 2017

The sky on 14 August 2017
Sunrise
06:40
Sunset
20:29
Twilight ends
22:12
Twilight begins
04:58


Waning Gibbous

54%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:28 14:43 20:57
Venus 03:47 11:08 18:29
Moon 00:08 06:50 13:41
Mars 06:10 13:13 20:16
Jupiter 11:27 17:09 22:50
Saturn 16:34 21:18 02:03
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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