[vsnet-alert 4308] (fwd) possible SN in NGC5303

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

   Forwarded confirmation request:

Subject: possible SN in NGC5303
From: TOMITA Akihiko <atomita@center.wakayama-u.ac.jp>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 03:36:44 +0900 (JST)

Dear Kato Taichi-sama,

  We are writing to you about a possible supernova in a galaxy NGC
5303 (= UGC 8725). We (Tomita et al.) are now making spectroscopic
observations of galaxies at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory using
the 1.88m telescope. In the course of the observations, we found a
star-like object at the northwest edge of this dwarf irregular galaxy
on the auto guide monitor image (red image). The Digitized Sky Survey
image does not seem to show this star-like object. The star-like
object has a magnitude comparable to total magnitude of the
galaxy. About one arcmin SE from the galaxy, a faint star is there,
and magnitude of the star is also comparable to the star-like object
(Mar 1, 2000 3:00 JST).

  NGC 5303
    134744.7,+381818 (J2000)
    B = 13.4 [Data from RC3]

Regards,

Tomita A., Takeuchi T.T., Yoshikawa K., Ishikawa K., Ohta M.

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  Yes. Yanagisawa-san (OAO stuff) says that the DSS galaxy image
marginally have a bump that may indicates the star-like object.  But
to make sure, please forward to VSNET. Thank you in advance.

Regards,

Tomita Akihiko

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