| SUPERNOVA
2010ku IN IC 716
G. Pignata and M. Cifuentes, Universidad Andres Bello;
J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, R. Cartier,
F. Forster, S. Silva, and F. Carrasco, 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 apparent supernova (mag approximately 16.8) on
an unfiltered image taken on Dec. 16.31 UT with the
0.41-m 'PROMPT 1' telescope located at Cerro Tololo.
The new object, which is also present at mag approximately
16.6 in an image taken on Dec. 17.33, is located at
R.A. = 11h39m04s.78 +/- 0".2, Decl. = -0°12'40".2 +/-
0".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 21".7 east and
19".0 south of the center of the galaxy IC 716. Nothing
is visible at this position on archival images taken
on June 5.98 (limiting mag 18.0) and May 12.04 (limiting
mag 18.5).
NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are
sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the
printed IAU Circulars.
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