| SUPERNOVA
2010kw IN ESO 162-2
J. Maza, M. Hamuy, R. Antezana, L. Gonzalez, R. Cartier,
F. Forster, S. Silva, and F. Carrasco, Universidad de
Chile; G. Pignata and M. Cifuentes, Universidad Andres
Bello; 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 17.0) on
an unfiltered image taken on Dec. 17.18 UT with the
0.41-m 'PROMPT 5' telescope located at Cerro Tololo.
The new object, which is also present at mag approximately
16.9 in an image taken on Dec. 18.06, is located at
R.A. = 6h56m19s.88 +/- 0".2, Decl. = -54°03'47".1 +/-
0".2 (equinox 2000.0), which is about 6".5 west and
5".1 north of the center of the galaxy ESO 162-2. Nothing
is visible at this position on archival images taken
on Nov. 17.23.
NOTE: These 'Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams' are
sometimes superseded by text appearing later in the
printed IAU Circulars.
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