Circular No. 7877

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SUPERNOVA 2002cg IN UGC 10415

Li also reports the LOTOSS discovery of an apparent supernova in unfiltered KAIT images taken on Apr. 13.5 (mag about 17.8) and 14.4 UT (mag about 17.4). SN 2002cg is located at R.A. = 16h29m00s.48, Decl. = +41o17'00".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 1".2 east and 2".9 south of the nucleus of UGC 10415. KAIT images taken on Mar. 28.5 (limiting mag about 18.0) and 2001 Aug 16.3 (limiting mag about 19.5) showed nothing at this position.

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Host galaxy info: Vel = 9546 km/s, 1.0 x 0.9, 14.62, SABb

SN type info: Ic

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