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
06:58
Sunset
16:24
Twilight ends
18:03
Twilight begins
05:19


Waxing Gibbous

98%

14 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 08:33 13:01 17:29
Venus 06:13 11:04 15:54
Moon 16:09 23:16 06:30
Mars 03:11 08:42 14:14
Jupiter 04:30 09:42 14:54
Saturn 08:17 12:56 17:34
All times shown in EST.

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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