Electronic Telegram No. 885

Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION M.S. 18, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. IAUSUBS@CFA.HARVARD.EDU or FAX 617-495-7231 (subscriptions) CBAT@CFA.HARVARD.EDU (science) URL http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html

SUPERNOVA 2007aq IN IC 2409

Further to IAUC 8813, D. Winslow and W. Li report the LOSS discovery
of an apparent supernova (mag 18.0) on unfiltered KAIT images taken on
Mar. 13.21 UT.  The new object is located at R.A. = 8h48m22s.03, Decl. =
+18o19'32".6 (equinox 2000.0), which is 38" west and 20" south of the
center of IC 2409.  Additional KAIT magnitudes for 2007aq:  Jan. 30.34,
[18.8, Feb. 12.39, [18.0, Mar. 14.29, 18.1.

Host galaxy info: vel = 6329 km/s, 1.0 x 0.8, 14.40, SAB(s)a

SN type info: II

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