Circular No. 7728

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SUPERNOVA 2001eq IN PGC 70417

W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports the discovery by LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514) of an apparent supernova in unfiltered images taken with the Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope. SN 2001eq is located at R.A. = 23h04m56s.78, Decl. = +19o33'04".8 (equinox 2000.0), which is 3".0 east and 2".6 south of the nucleus of PGC 70417. Magnitudes for SN 2001eq: Aug. 23.3 UT, [19.0; 31.3, [18.5; Sept. 12.3, 18.7; 17.3, 18.0; 23.3, 17.6; Oct. 4.3, 18.5.

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Host galaxy info: Vel = 7524 km/s, 0.9' x 0.5', 15.1, LINER

SN type info: Ic

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