Circular No. 7887

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SUPERNOVA 2002cp IN NGC 3074

M. Ganeshalingam and W. D. Li, University of California at Berkeley, report the LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7514) discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered CCD images taken with the 0.8-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) on Apr. 28.2 (mag about 17.9) and 30.2 UT (mag about 17.7). SN 2002cp is located at R.A. = 9h59m35s.95, Decl. = +35o23'57".4 (equinox 2000.0), which is 64".1 west and 23".2 north of the nucleus of NGC 3074. KAIT images taken on Apr. 11.2 (limiting mag about 18.0) and Apr. 3.2 (limiting mag about 19.0) showed nothing at this position.

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Host galaxy info: Vel = 5144 km/s, 2.3 x 2.1, 13.30, SAB(rs)c

SN type info: Ib/c

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