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[vsnet-alert 5577] Re: NGC 4342 SN?
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 17:33:05 +0900 (JST)
- To: vsnet-chat@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp, vsnet-alert@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
- From: Hitoshi YAMAOKA <yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp>
- Subject: [vsnet-alert 5577] Re: NGC 4342 SN?
- Cc: weidong@astro.berkeley.edu, bas@lowell.edu
- Sender: owner-vsnet-alert@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Dear Weidong, Brian and all,
> I just noticed that there might be an old SN in the DSS image
> of NGC 4342. The image was observed on Mar 10, 1956 and there
> was a new star in the south-east spiral arm, which disappeared
> in subsequest DSS II images and are not in our recent KAIT images.
Is the star on the *north*-eastern part of NGC 4342? Probably it is
an old SN. The rough estimate of the position is: R.A. =
12h23m39s.29, Decl. = +07o03'34".1, which is about 19" north and 4"
west of the nucleus of NGC 4342. It should be reported to CBAT, I
guess.
Sincerely Yours,
Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan
yamaoka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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