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[vsnet-alert 4309] Re: possible SN in NGC5303



Dear Tomita-san and all,

>  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. 

I also checked DSS-2 R image and found a starlike object just inside
of the northwest edge of NGC 5303.  It should be a foreground star.

Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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