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 2 Dec 2017

The sky on 2 December 2017
Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
16:42
Twilight ends
18:11
Twilight begins
05:09


Waxing Gibbous

98%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:10 13:00 17:50
Venus 05:56 11:03 16:09
Moon 16:27 23:22 06:24
Mars 03:03 08:41 14:20
Jupiter 04:18 09:41 15:04
Saturn 07:56 12:54 17:52
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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