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Supernova SN2018gj discovered

Fri, 12 Jan 2018
2,505 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
From the Novae & Supernovae feed


Objects: NGC6217

A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 6217. It has received the designation SN2018gj.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIb event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 16h32m00s; declination 78°12'N.

The sky on 12 Jan 2018

The sky on 12 January 2018
Sunrise
07:15
Sunset
16:45
Twilight ends
18:23
Twilight begins
05:37


Waning Crescent

16%

25 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:56 10:32 15:08
Venus 07:25 12:04 16:43
Moon 03:23 08:32 13:37
Mars 02:40 07:41 12:41
Jupiter 02:26 07:30 12:34
Saturn 05:56 10:35 15:14
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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