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Supernova SN2017gjn discovered

Thu, 24 Aug 2017
2,780 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC1067

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 1067. It has received the designation SN2017gjn.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 02h43m40s; declination 32°31'N.

The sky on 24 Aug 2017

The sky on 24 August 2017
Sunrise
06:50
Sunset
20:15
Twilight ends
21:53
Twilight begins
05:11


Waxing Crescent

9%

3 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:21 13:41 20:02
Venus 04:04 11:19 18:34
Moon 09:52 16:01 22:03
Mars 06:03 12:59 19:55
Jupiter 10:56 16:35 22:15
Saturn 15:54 20:38 01:23
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: , 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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