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[vsnet-chat 1504] SN 1998ey in NGC 7080

cf. vsnet-chart 120
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-chart/msg00120.html
cf. vsnet-chat 1503
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/vsnet-chat/msg01503.html
cf. vsnet-obs 18316
http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/Mail/obs18000/msg00316.html

Dear SN watchers,

  An English amateur astronomer Ron Arbour has discovered his second
supernova after SN 1998an.  Congratulations, Ron !

  The new object, SN 1998ey, locates at R.A. = 21h30m00s.56, Decl. =
+26o43'24".2 (2000.0), which is about 18" west and 20" north from the
nucleus of the host SBb galaxy NGC 7080.  This SN is on the northern
arm of the host.  Note that there is a foreground star (about 17 mag)
on DSS2 image at about 6" east and 12" north from the nucleus of the
host. 

  The reported magnitude shows that SN 1998ay is rising (vsnet-obs
18316): 

YYMMDD(UT)   mag  code
981204.651  175:C R. Arbour (IAUC)
981205.816  170:C R. Arbour (IAUC)
981208.108  165:C M. Schwartz (IAUC)

  From the recession velocity of the host galaxy, the expected maximum
of typical SNeIa on this distance would be 16 mag or so (vsnet-chat
1503).  Further photometries and spectroscopic confirmation is
encouraged. 

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

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