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Supernova SN2017gxq discovered

Sun, 17 Sep 2017
2,847 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC4964

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 4964. It has received the designation SN2017gxq.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 13h05m20s; declination 56°19'N.

The sky on 17 Sep 2017

The sky on 17 September 2017
Sunrise
06:34
Sunset
18:55
Twilight ends
20:19
Twilight begins
05:10


Waning Crescent

7%

27 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:17 11:47 18:16
Venus 04:23 11:02 17:42
Moon 03:56 10:47 17:32
Mars 05:13 11:43 18:13
Jupiter 08:59 14:38 20:17
Saturn 13:26 18:26 23:25
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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