[vsnet-alert 4691] new KAIT SN

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Date:  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:16:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: weidong li <weidong@urania.Berkeley.EDU>

Hi all,

Here is the info for a new SN.

Weidong


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                    SN 2000XXX in IC 1158

   M. Papenkova and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley,
on behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (cf. IAUC 6627,
7126) with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT),
report the discovery of an apparent supernova in IC 1158.  The new
object was  discovered on an unfiltered images taken on Apr 27.4 UT
(mag about 18.0), and confirmed by an earlier image taken on Apr 24.4
UT (mag about 18.5). The new object is located at R.A.=16h01m32s.15,
Decl.= +1 42'23".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 29".5 west and 4".2
south of the nucleus of IC 1158.  An unfiltered image on Apr 9.4 UT
showed nothing at the position of the new object (limiting mag
about 19.0).

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