Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

Supernova SN2016gkg discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC613
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 613. It has received the designation SN2016gkg.

The supernova is reported to be a Type IIb event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 01h34m10s; declination 29°26'S.

The sky on 20 Sep 2016

The sky on 20 September 2016
Sunrise
06:37
Sunset
18:51
Twilight ends
20:15
Twilight begins
05:13

19-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

78%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:37 11:54 18:10
Venus 08:53 14:29 20:05
Moon 21:18 04:01 10:49
Mars 13:44 18:30 23:17
Jupiter 06:58 13:01 19:04
Saturn 12:24 17:28 22:32
All times shown in PDT.

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: , 2018Natur.554..497B, 2016arXiv161106451A, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016ATel.9521....1N, 2016ATel.9526....1T.

Image credit

Library image; does not depict newly discovered supernova. © Tom Boles

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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