Supernovae 2016gkg in NGC 613

This page is devoted to information on Supernova 2016gkg in NGC 613.   Basic information on this SN, including the last reported brightness, on this Supernova can be found on the main page.   Information on the original web pages for many of these images can be found on the links web page.

Discovered by Sebastian Otero, Victor Buso (Argentina).   This one is a Type IIb (z=0.0049).   This supernova is in the Constellation Sculptor.

Web pages dedicated to this SN.
• APOTD 2016gkg
• Nature article
• Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star
• A self-taught astronomer spotted something no scientist had ever seen
• PS1 page
• Gaia observations

The following is a list of images of this SN, in chronological order. Click on the name in the "Image Credit" column to see the image. Times and dates are in UT unless otherwise noted. If you know of any others, please tell me!

Light curves and Spectra:

• SWIFT light curve

If you have observations of this Supernova, please send them to vsnet-obs

Other VSNet data on this SN:
• vsnet-alert 20188