Supernova SN2017gmr discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC988

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 988. It has received the designation SN2017gmr.

The supernova is reported to be a Type II event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 02h35m30s; declination 9°21'S.

The sky on 4 Sep 2017

The sky on 4 September 2017
Sunrise
06:25
Sunset
19:13
Twilight ends
20:40
Twilight begins
04:59


Waxing Gibbous

97%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:23 11:54 18:26
Venus 03:58 10:51 17:43
Moon 17:54 --:-- 04:42
Mars 05:25 12:03 18:41
Jupiter 09:38 15:20 21:01
Saturn 14:16 19:15 00:15
All times shown in PDT.

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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