Supernova SN2017gjn discovered

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
05:58
Sunset
19:31
Twilight ends
21:14
Twilight begins
04:15


Waxing Crescent

9%

3 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:32 12:54 19:16
Venus 03:09 10:32 17:54
Moon 08:57 15:12 21:19
Mars 05:11 12:12 19:12
Jupiter 10:10 15:48 21:26
Saturn 15:14 19:51 00:28
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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