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
06:10
Sunset
19:13
Twilight ends
20:52
Twilight begins
04:31


Waxing Gibbous

97%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:05 11:47 18:29
Venus 03:32 10:43 17:54
Moon 18:29 23:51 05:19
Mars 05:04 11:55 18:47
Jupiter 09:37 15:12 20:47
Saturn 14:31 19:08 23:45
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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