Supernova SN2017glq discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: IC208

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy IC 208. It has received the designation SN2017glq.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 02h08m20s; declination 6°23'N.

The sky on 2 Sep 2017

The sky on 2 September 2017
Sunrise
06:08
Sunset
19:16
Twilight ends
20:56
Twilight begins
04:28


Waxing Gibbous

87%

12 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:17 11:56 18:35
Venus 03:27 10:41 17:54
Moon 17:18 22:13 03:11
Mars 05:05 11:58 18:51
Jupiter 09:43 15:19 20:54
Saturn 14:39 19:16 23:53
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: , 2009ApJ...696..870D, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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