Circular No. 7286

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SUPERNOVA 1999ek in UGC 3329

R. Johnson and W. D. Li, UCB, also report the discovery by the LOSS with the KAIT of an apparent supernova in UGC 3329. SN 1999ek was discovered and confirmed on unfiltered images taken on Oct. 20.5 (mag about 18.1) and 21.4 UT (mag about 17.9). The new object is located at R.A. = 5h36m31s.60, Decl. = +16o38'17".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 11".7 west and 12".1 south of the nucleus of UGC 3329. A KAIT image of the same field on 1998 Oct. 21.5 (limiting mag about 19.5) showed nothing at this position.

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Host galaxy info: V = 5253 km/s, 1.3'x0.6', Sbc

SN type info: SN Ia

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