Circular No. 8094

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SUPERNOVA 2003cb IN NGC 4885

Further to IAUC 8093, M. Schwartz and P. R. Holvorcem report
the LOTOSS discovery of a supernova (mag 17.9) on unfiltered
Tenagra II CCD images taken on Mar. 13.4 and 15.4 UT.  SN 2003cb is
located at R.A. = 13h00m33s.25, Decl. = -6 51'09".3 (equinox
2000.0), which is 10".1 west and 1".7 north of the center of NGC
4885.  An image taken on Feb. 7.5 showed nothing at this position
(limiting mag about 19.3).

Host galaxy info: Vel = 3366 km/s, 0.4 x 0.3, 14.92

SN type info: II

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