Dear colleagues, I'd like to confirm new star (possible SN) in M 96 as anounced by Mirko Villi, Brian Skiff and Gianluca Masi. I made CCD images using ST-7 and V band filter. V=12.7 mag using GSC 0849-841 (V=11.4 mag) as comparison. CCD image of SN is placed on CBA Brno HP at http://vsnet.sci.muni.cz/~gama/sn.gif with best regards Rudolf ---------------------------------------------------------- Rudolf Novak, Nicholas Copernicus Observatory Brno 616 00, Kravi hora 2. e-mail:rudolfn@physics.muni.cz h-page: http://altamira.asu.cas.cz/~rudolfn IAN: http://vsnet.ian.sk CBA: http://vsnet.sci.muni.cz/~gama ----------------------------------------------------------