Supernova SN2017glx discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC6824

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 6824. It has received the designation SN2017glx.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 19h43m40s; declination 56°06'N.

The sky on 3 Sep 2017

The sky on 3 September 2017
Sunrise
06:09
Sunset
19:15
Twilight ends
20:54
Twilight begins
04:30


Waxing Gibbous

93%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:11 11:51 18:31
Venus 03:30 10:42 17:54
Moon 17:58 23:02 04:11
Mars 05:05 11:57 18:49
Jupiter 09:40 15:15 20:50
Saturn 14:35 19:12 23:49
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2017ATel10707....1Z, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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