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
06:27
Sunset
18:44
Twilight ends
20:19
Twilight begins
04:52

19-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

79%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:25 11:46 18:08
Venus 08:54 14:21 19:48
Moon 20:55 03:46 10:46
Mars 14:04 18:23 22:42
Jupiter 06:50 12:54 18:57
Saturn 12:37 17:20 22:04
All times shown in EDT.

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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42.38°N
71.11°W
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