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

Supernova SN2017fgc discovered

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
05:28
Sunset
20:26
Twilight ends
22:29
Twilight begins
03:24

17-day old moon
Waning Gibbous

94%

17 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 07:09 14:23 21:38
Venus 02:43 09:57 17:11
Moon 21:24 02:33 07:48
Mars 05:50 13:18 20:45
Jupiter 12:41 18:28 00:15
Saturn 18:18 22:59 03:40
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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41.14°N
73.26°W
EDT

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