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

Supernova SN2017erp discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC5861
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 5861. It has received the designation SN2017erp.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 15h09m10s; declination 11°20'S.

The sky on 13 Jun 2017

The sky on 13 June 2017
Sunrise
05:17
Sunset
20:26
Twilight ends
22:34
Twilight begins
03:09

19-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

85%

19 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 04:44 12:10 19:37
Venus 03:03 09:47 16:31
Moon 22:43 03:48 08:56
Mars 06:12 13:49 21:25
Jupiter 14:23 20:13 02:02
Saturn 20:21 01:02 05:43
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: , 2019MNRAS.490.3882S, 2020MNRAS.492.4325S, 2014Ap&SS.354...89B, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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