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SUPERNOVA NEAR NGC 212
G. Pignata and M. Cifuentes, Universidad Andres Bello;
J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, R. Cartier,
and F. Forster, Universidad de Chile; P. Gonzalez, Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile; B. Conuel, Wesleyan University;
G. Folatelli, IPMU, University of Tokyo; and D. Reichart,
K. Ivarsen, J. Haislip, A. Crain, D. Foster, M. Nysewander,
and A. LaCluyze, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, on behalf of the CHASE project, report the discovery
of an possible supernova (mag approximately 17.2) on
an unfiltered image taken on Oct. 7.27 UT with the 0.41-m
'PROMPT 5' telescope located at Cerro Tololo. The new
object, which is also present at mag approximately 16.7
in an image taken on Oct. 15.3, is located at R.A. =
0h40m02s.48 +/- 0".2, Decl. = -56°09'29".9 +/- 0".2
(equinox 2000.0). Nothing is visible at this position
on archival images taken on Sept. 29.18 (limiting mag
18.5) and Sept. 16.22 (limiting mag 18.0). Several galaxies
are present in the image, which make difficult any host
identification.
NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are
sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the
printed IAU Circulars.
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