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

Supernova SN2017glx discovered

Dominic Ford, Editor
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Objects: NGC6824
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A new supernova has been reported in the galaxy NGC 6824. It has received the designation SN2017glx.

The supernova is reported to be a Type Ia event.

The coordinates of the supernova are right ascension 19h43m40s; declination 56°06'N.

The sky on 3 Sep 2017

The sky on 3 September 2017
Sunrise
06:38
Sunset
19:37
Twilight ends
21:10
Twilight begins
05:04

13-day old moon
Waxing Gibbous

92%

13 days old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:41 12:17 18:53
Venus 04:03 11:07 18:11
Moon 18:11 23:28 04:50
Mars 05:36 12:22 19:09
Jupiter 10:03 15:41 21:19
Saturn 14:51 19:37 00:24
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, 2016A&A...594A..13P, 2017ATel10707....1Z, 2011ApJ...737..103S.

Image credit

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

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39.04°N
77.49°W
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