Circular No. 7997

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SUPERNOVA 2002ha IN NGC 6962

	           J. Graham, M. Papenkova, and W. D. Li, University of
	 California at Berkeley, report the LOTOSS (cf. IAUC 7906) discovery
	 of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT CCD images taken on
	 Oct. 21.2 (mag about 17.3) and 22.2 UT (mag about 16.7).  SN 2002ha
	 is located at R.A. = 20h47m18s.58, Decl. = +0 18'45".6 (equinox
	 2000.0), which is 6".9 west and 29".4 south of the nucleus of NGC
	 6962.  A KAIT image taken on Oct. 19.2 showed nothing at this
	 position (limiting mag about 19.0).

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Host galaxy info: vel = 4211 km/s, 2.9 x 2.3, 13.0, SAB(r)ab

SN type info: Ia

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