Supernova SN2017isj discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: UGC 6216

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy UGC 6216. It has received the designation SN2017isj.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 11h10m40s; declination 4°50'N.

The sky on 1 Dec 2017

The sky on 1 December 2017
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
16:42
Twilight ends
18:11
Twilight begins
05:09


Waxing Gibbous

98%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:13 13:03 17:53
Venus 05:54 11:02 16:09
Moon 15:40 22:23 05:14
Mars 03:04 08:43 14:22
Jupiter 04:21 09:44 15:08
Saturn 08:00 12:58 17:56
All times shown in PST.

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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