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

Supernova SN2017fgc discovered

This event is visible through a large telescope from Cambridge.
Tue, 11 Jul 2017
2,690 days ago

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC474
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 0474. It has received the designation SN2017fgc.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 01h20m10s; declination 3°24'N.

The sky on 11 Jul 2017

The sky on 11 July 2017
Sunrise
05:15
Sunset
20:21
Twilight ends
22:30
Twilight begins
03:06

17-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

93%

17 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 06:57 14:15 21:32
Venus 02:31 09:48 17:05
Moon 21:23 02:24 07:30
Mars 05:37 13:09 20:41
Jupiter 12:33 18:19 00:06
Saturn 18:13 22:51 03:28
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, 2009ApJ...696..870D, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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71.11°W
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