Circular No. 7441

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SUPERNOVA 2000cp IN PGC 57064

M. Modjaz, S. Beckmann, C. Yu, and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of the Lick Observatory Supernova Search (cf. IAUC 6627, 7126), report the discovery with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope of an apparent supernova in the Abell cluster 2151. SN 2000cp (mag about 18.0) was discovered on an unfiltered image taken on June 21.3 UT, and was confirmed on an earlier image taken on June 15.3 (mag about 18.8). SN 2000cp is located at R.A. = 16h05m27s.62, Decl. = +17o49'48".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is between the two apparent nuclei of PGC 57064 and is 3".3 west and 1".7 north of the southern nucleus. An unfiltered image of the field taken on June 11.3 showed nothing at the position of SN 2000cp (limiting mag about 19.0).

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Host galaxy info: V = 10254 km/s, 0.5' x 0.1'; S; mag 16.36

SN type info: Ia

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