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[vsnet-alert 5585] (fwd) A NEW SN

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 16:26:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: A NEW SN

Hi all,

Below is the report of a new LOTOSS SN.

Cheers,
Weidong

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       SN 2001XXX in MCG - 1-30- 11

       A. Friedman and W. D. Li, University of California
at Berkeley,  on behalf of LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514), report
the discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging
Telescope (KAIT) of an apparent supernova (mag about 15.4)
on an unfiltered images taken on Jan 18.4 UT, which was
confirmed on an earlier image taken on 2000 Dec 31.4 UT
(mag about 15.7). SN 2001XXX is located at R.A. = 11h36m48s.83,
Decl. = -8o35'7".0 (equinox 2000.0), which is 0".3 east
and 3".8 north of the nucleus of MCG - 1-30- 11.  A KAIT
image of the same field on 2000 Dec 23.4 UT showed nothing
at this position (limiting magnitude about 19.0).

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