[vsnet-alert 4404] new KAIT SN in anonymous galaxy

[Taichi Kato <tkato>]

Date:  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 07:26:24 -0800 (PST)
From: weidong li <weidong@urania.Berkeley.EDU>

Hi All,

Here is the report of a new SN from KAIT.

Cheers,
Weidong

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                SN 2000XXXX IN ANONYMOUS GALAXY

   Y. Sato 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 a supernova in an
anonymous galaxy that is about 218" east and 7" south of the galaxy NGC
6079. The new object was discovered on an unfiltered image taken on Mar 12.5 UT
(mag about 17.8). It is located at R.A.=16h05m11s.85, Decl.= +69 39'51".5
(equinox 2000.0), which is 4".1 east and 1".6 north of the nucleus of the
anonymous galaxy.  An unfiltered image on Mar 1.5 UT showed nothing at the
position of the new object (limiting mag about 19.0). A. V. Filippenko and
A. L. Coil, also of Berkeley, report that uncalibrated CCD spectra (range
330-1000 nm) obtained on March 15 UT with the Shane 3-m reflector at Lick
Observatory reveal that the supernova is of Type Ia, possibly subluminous, with
quite prominent Si II features at rest wavelengths of 590 and 615 nm. The very
approximate recession velocity derived from the Si II observed wavelengths is
6000 km/s.

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