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[vsnet-alert 7116] SN 2002ap in Messier 74 = NGC 628
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:38:21 +0900 (JST)
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- From: Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>
- Subject: [vsnet-alert 7116] SN 2002ap in Messier 74 = NGC 628
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Dear SN watchers,
A SN in M74 is discovered by Japanese amateur Yoji Hirose at mag
14.5 (on Jan 29.4) and rising (mag 13.7 on Jan. 30.38). Latest SN in
Messier object is SN 1999gn in M61. If this new object is of type Ia,
it can become mag 11, the brightest SN since SN 1993J in M81.
Because I have no time for further noting, I give here the location
only: R.A. = 1h36m23s.85, Decl. = +15o45'13".0 (2000.0, the KAIT
result), which is about 258" west and 108" south of the face-on spiral
(SA(s)c) galaxy M74 = NGC 628 in Pisces. The KAIT image can be seen
at: http://astron.berkeley.edu/~bait/2002/sn2002ap.gif , and the chart
can be found at AAVSO: http://vsnet.aavso.org/charts/PSC/SN2002AP/ .
Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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