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[vsnet-campaign-sn 326] SN 2002ao in UGC 9299



Dear SN watchers,

  The KAIT team has discovered a brightest SN in this year so far.  It
is now mag about 14.8, and can reach mag 13.4 if it is of type Ia.

  IAUC 7809 informed that the discovery was made on Jan. 25.5 UT when
a new object was mag about 14.3 (unfiltered CCD).  It was confirmed by
the Beijing team at mag 14.7 on Jan 26.9 and by D. West at mag 14.83Rc
on Jan. 27.492.  The position is: R.A. = 14h29m35s.74, Decl. =
-0o00'55".8 (2000.0), which is about 16" east and 10" north of the
diffuse nucleus of the tilted open-spiral (SAB(s)d pec) galaxy UGC
9299.  It superimposed on the outer disk region.  

  There are two galaxies (1' WSW and 1'.5 south of the nucleus) around
UGC 9299, but they are far beyond (v_r \sim 25000 km/s).  The
recession velocity of UGC 9299 is 1552 km/s (NED) and there are many
galaxies having similar recession velocities within 5 degrees.  If
this velocity is of the Hubble flow, the expected maximum of a typical
SN Ia is mag about 13.4.  The followup photometry and the
spectroscopic type determination is strongly urged for this bright SN.

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

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