Circular No. 8760

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SUPERNOVA 2006jb IN UGC 12897

Further to IAUC 8758, N. Joubert and W. Li report the LOSS
discovery of an apparent supernova on unfiltered KAIT images taken
on Oct. 11.25 (at mag 17.4) and 12.29 UT (mag 17.5).  The new
object is located at R.A. = 0h00m37s.55, Decl. = +28o23'02".9
(equinox 2000.0), which is 4".5 west and 1".6 south of the nucleus
of UGC 12897.  A KAIT image taken on Sept. 23.32 showed nothing at
this position (limiting mag 19.1).

Host galaxy info: vel 8705 km/s; 1.1 x 0.4; 14.84; Sab

SN type info: IIL

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