Circular No. 7517

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SUPERNOVA 2000ej IN IC 1371

M. Schwartz, Cottage Grove, OR; and W. D. Li and A. V. Filippenko, University of California at Berkeley, report the discovery of an apparent supernova (mag about 18) on unfiltered images taken with the 0.5-m Tenagra III telescope on Nov. 2.2 and 6.2 UT in the course of the LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514). The new object is located at R.A. = 21h20m15s.66, Decl. = -4 52'40".5 (equinox 2000.0), which is 5".8 south of the nucleus of IC 1371. Photometry of the supernova is difficult because of its proximity to the bright nucleus of the host galaxy. An unfiltered image taken with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope on Sept. 29.2 showed nothing at the position of SN 2000ej (limiting mag about 19.0).

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Host galaxy info: V = 9102 km/s; 1.1' x 0.7'; 14.96; S0- pec:

SN type info: Ia (91bg-like:)

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