Supernova SN2017gax discovered

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
05:48
Sunset
19:47
Twilight ends
21:34
Twilight begins
03:59


Waning Gibbous

53%

22 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:39 13:55 20:11
Venus 02:52 10:21 17:49
Moon 23:16 06:01 12:55
Mars 05:17 12:26 19:34
Jupiter 10:41 16:21 22:01
Saturn 15:53 20:31 01:08
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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