Supernova Gaia17clt discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy MRK 415. It has received the designation Gaia17clt.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Candidate event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 10h28m40s; declination 39°50'N.

The sky on 29 Sep 2017

The sky on 29 September 2017
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
18:29
Twilight ends
20:03
Twilight begins
05:03


Waxing Gibbous

64%

9 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:59 12:09 18:19
Venus 04:29 11:03 17:37
Moon 15:12 20:04 00:58
Mars 04:48 11:17 17:45
Jupiter 08:25 13:53 19:20
Saturn 12:57 17:34 22:10
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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