Circular No. 7490

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SUPERNOVA 2000dj IN NGC 735

A. B. Aazami 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 (KAIT), of an apparent supernova on unfiltered images taken on Sept. 8.4 (mag about 17.4) and 9.4 UT (mag about 17.1). The new object is located at R.A. = 1h56m40s.63, Decl. = +34o10'12".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 32".1 east and 24".3 south of the nucleus of NGC 735. A KAIT image of the same field taken on Aug. 25.4 showed nothing at the position of SN 2000dj (limiting mag about 19.0).

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Host galaxy info: V = 4629 km/s; 1.8' x 0.9'; 14.07; Sb

SN type info: II

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